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02-10-2005, 10:41 AM
Computerized Decision Support System Reduces Medical Errors, Cuts Costs
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ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS, CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT, DIGITAL MEDICAL RECORDS
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A new clinical study demonstrated that a technology-driven clinical decision support system applying evidence-based clinical guidelines to patient's electronic medical data helps flag potentially serious clinical errors or deviations from accepted best practices, while making a significant improvement on the cost and quality of medical care.
Newswise - A new clinical study published today in this month's American Journal of Managed Care demonstrated that a technology-driven clinical decision support system applying evidence-based clinical guidelines to patient's electronic medical data helps flag potentially serious clinical errors or deviations from accepted best practices, while making a significant improvement on the cost and quality of medical care.
This 12-month randomized, prospective study of 39,462 members of QualChoice, a University Hospitals Health System healthcare plan in Cleveland, Ohio, is the first ever large-scale study of a clinical decision support system conducted in an outpatient health plan environment. Researchers for ActiveHealth Management evaluated the cost impact of ActiveHealth's clinical decision support tool, the CareEngine® system. The CareEngine clinical decision support system compares the most up-to-date, evidence-based clinical guidelines to an individual patient's data in order to identify clinical interventions and issue clinical recommendations - called Care Considerations -- spanning a wide range of disease categories. In the study, each patient was randomized either to the intervention group - the group that would receive Care Considerations - or the control group - those for whom Care Considerations were identified, but not communicated.
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Medical News Keywords
ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS, CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT, DIGITAL MEDICAL RECORDS
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A new clinical study demonstrated that a technology-driven clinical decision support system applying evidence-based clinical guidelines to patient's electronic medical data helps flag potentially serious clinical errors or deviations from accepted best practices, while making a significant improvement on the cost and quality of medical care.
Newswise - A new clinical study published today in this month's American Journal of Managed Care demonstrated that a technology-driven clinical decision support system applying evidence-based clinical guidelines to patient's electronic medical data helps flag potentially serious clinical errors or deviations from accepted best practices, while making a significant improvement on the cost and quality of medical care.
This 12-month randomized, prospective study of 39,462 members of QualChoice, a University Hospitals Health System healthcare plan in Cleveland, Ohio, is the first ever large-scale study of a clinical decision support system conducted in an outpatient health plan environment. Researchers for ActiveHealth Management evaluated the cost impact of ActiveHealth's clinical decision support tool, the CareEngine® system. The CareEngine clinical decision support system compares the most up-to-date, evidence-based clinical guidelines to an individual patient's data in order to identify clinical interventions and issue clinical recommendations - called Care Considerations -- spanning a wide range of disease categories. In the study, each patient was randomized either to the intervention group - the group that would receive Care Considerations - or the control group - those for whom Care Considerations were identified, but not communicated.
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