Heidi L Ekstrom, Elyse O Kharbanda, Dustin W Ballard, David R Vinson, Gabriela Vazquez-Benitez, Uli K Chettipally, Steven P Dehmer, Gopikrishna Kunisetty, Rashmi Sharma, Adina S Rauchwerger, Patrick J O'Connor, Anupam B Kharbanda
BACKGROUND: Appendicitis is a common surgical emergency in children, yet diagnosis can be challenging. An electronic health record (EHR) based, clinical decision support (CDS) system called Appy CDS was designed to help guide management of pediatric patients with acute abdominal pain within the Health Care Systems Research Network (HCSRN). OBJECTIVES: To describe the development and implementation of a clinical decision support tool (Appy CDS) built independently but synergistically at two large HCSRN affiliated health systems using well-established platforms, and to assess the tool's Triage component, aiming to identify pediatric patients at increased risk for appendicitis...
April 12, 2019: EGEMS