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The investigators plan to further develop a prototype, evidence-based, electronic clinical decision support system (CDSS) for pneumonia care (ePneumonia) with interoperability across Electronic Health Records in order to improve clinical outcomes and reduce healthcare resource utilization. The specific aims of this study are to evaluate the usability of ePneumonia adapted for Cerner and its impact on clinical, patient-centered and healthcare resource utilization outcomes in a stepped-wedge implementation study in 16 hospital emergency departments (EDs) across the Intermountain Healthcare integrated health system.


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Since the launch of a paper-based pneumonia care process model in 1994, decision support for pneumonia care has been under continuous development at Intermountain. Studies published in 2001 and 2006 demonstrated decreased mortality using paper-based methods. An electronic pneumonia Clinical Decision Support System was later developed in the original Intermountain computing environment and implemented in 4 regional emergency departments (ED) in 2011. This tool featured a novel mortality predictor and real-time synthesis of clinical data to guide diagnosis, risk stratification, admission triage and guideline-concordant treatment. An outcome study published in 2015 demonstrated reduction in mortality with tool use compared to usual care. Most recently, Intermountain researchers led by study co-Investigator, Dr. Brandon Webb, developed an innovative tool to predict risk of drug-resistant bacteria and demonstrated its potential to improve antibiotic use and outcomes.

The investigators have entered a robust phase of additional development and adaptation of ePneumonia into the Cerner Electronic Health Record (EHR) system. The objective of this study is to advance development of an evidence-based, electronic CDSS for pneumonia care with interoperability across EHRs in order to improve clinical outcomes and reduce healthcare resource utilization. The specific aim of this study is to evaluate the usability of ePneumonia and its associated impact on clinical, patient-centered and healthcare resource utilization outcomes in a stepped-wedge implementation study in 16 hospital EDs in the Intermountain Healthcare integrated health system.

- Hypothesis #1: Healthcare providers will affirm ePneumonia usability, lack of interference with clinical workflow and only minor unintended consequences of use.

- Hypothesis #2: In patients with community-onset pneumonia, ePneumonia use will improve clinical and patient-centered outcomes and decrease healthcare resource utilization.

One year of baseline clinical outcome data will be gathered for all 16 emergency departments. The first of 6 clusters of ED's will begin prospective data collection in January 2018, with the remaining coming on at 2 month intervals until ePneumonia has been deployed at all sites. An additional 1 year of data collection will be continued through 2019. ;


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NCT number NCT03358342
Study type Observational
Source Intermountain Health Care, Inc.
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Status Completed
Phase
Start date November 22, 2017
Completion date December 31, 2019

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