Population-based clinical decision support: a clinical and economic evaluation.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
Governments are investing in health information technologies (HIT) to improve care quality and reduce medical costs. However, evidence of these benefits is limited. We conducted a randomized trial of three clinical decision support (CDS) interventions in 20,180 patients: email to care managers (n=3329), reports to primary care administrators (n=3368), letters to patients (n=3401), and controls (10,082). At 7-month follow-up, the letters to patients group had greater use of outpatient services and higher outpatient and total medical costs; whereas, the other groups had no change in clinical events or medical costs. As our CDS interventions were associated with no change or an increase in medical costs, it appears that investments in HIT without consideration for organizational context may not be sufficient to achieve improvements in clinical and economic outcomes.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Eisenstein, EL; Anstrom, KJ; Edwards, R; Willis, JM; Simo, J; Lobach, DF
Published Date
- 2012
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 180 /
Start / End Page
- 343 - 347
PubMed ID
- 22874209
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0926-9630
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- Netherlands