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The American Journal of Managed Care October 2018
The American Journal of Managed Care October 2018
CLINICAL
Marlon P. Mundt, PhD, and Larissa I. Zakletskaia, MA
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Bruce W. Sherman, MD
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Nudging Physicians and Patients With Autopend Clinical Decision Support to Improve Diabetes Management
Laura Panattoni, PhD; Albert Chan, MD, MS; Yan Yang, PhD; Cliff Olson, MBA; and Ming Tai-Seale, PhD, MPH
Amanda S. Parsons, MD; Varna Raman, MBA; Bronwyn Starr, MPH; Mark Zezza, PhD; and Colin D. Rehm, PhD
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Nudging Physicians and Patients With Autopend Clinical Decision Support to Improve Diabetes Management
Laura Panattoni, PhD; Albert Chan, MD, MS; Yan Yang, PhD; Cliff Olson, MBA; and Ming Tai-Seale, PhD, MPH
Incorporating an autopend functionality into clinical decision support improved glycated hemoglobin laboratory test completion by between 21.1% and 33.9% for reminder messages read within 57 days.
ABSTRACT
Objectives: To determine the impact on routine glycated hemoglobin (A1C) laboratory test completion of incorporating an autopend laboratory order functionality into clinical decision support, which (1) routed provider alerts to a separate electronic folder, (2) automatically populated preauthorization forms, and (3) linked the timing and content of electronic patient health maintenance topic (HMT) reminders to the provider authorization.
Study Design: Observational pre-post study from November 2011 (1 year before autopend) through June 2014 (1.5 years after).
Methods: The study included HMT reminders concerning an A1C test for patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes (N = 15,630 HMT reminders; 8792 patients) in a large multispecialty ambulatory healthcare system. A Cox proportional hazard model, adjusted for patient and provider demographics, estimated the likelihood of laboratory test completion based on 3 HMT reminder characteristics: preautopend versus postautopend period, read versus unread, and the patient’s time to reading.
Results: In the postautopend period, the median time for patients to read reminders decreased (1 vs 3 days; P <.001) and the median time to complete laboratory tests decreased (40 vs 48 days; P <.001). Comparing preautopend HMT reminders with a similar time to reading, the likelihood of A1C laboratory test completion increased after autopend by between 21.1% (hazard ratio [HR], 1.211; P = .050), when time to reading was 57 days, and 33.9% (HR, 1.339; P = .003), when time to reading was 0 days. This result included 68% of the reminders. There was no statistical difference in A1C laboratory test completion for unread reminders in the preautopend versus postautopend period.
Conclusions: Automated patient-centered decision support can improve guideline-concordant monitoring of A1C among patients with diabetes, particularly among patients who read reminders in a timely fashion.
Am J Manag Care. 2018;24(10):479-483
Objectives: To determine the impact on routine glycated hemoglobin (A1C) laboratory test completion of incorporating an autopend laboratory order functionality into clinical decision support, which (1) routed provider alerts to a separate electronic folder, (2) automatically populated preauthorization forms, and (3) linked the timing and content of electronic patient health maintenance topic (HMT) reminders to the provider authorization.
Study Design: Observational pre-post study from November 2011 (1 year before autopend) through June 2014 (1.5 years after).
Methods: The study included HMT reminders concerning an A1C test for patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes (N = 15,630 HMT reminders; 8792 patients) in a large multispecialty ambulatory healthcare system. A Cox proportional hazard model, adjusted for patient and provider demographics, estimated the likelihood of laboratory test completion based on 3 HMT reminder characteristics: preautopend versus postautopend period, read versus unread, and the patient’s time to reading.
Results: In the postautopend period, the median time for patients to read reminders decreased (1 vs 3 days; P <.001) and the median time to complete laboratory tests decreased (40 vs 48 days; P <.001). Comparing preautopend HMT reminders with a similar time to reading, the likelihood of A1C laboratory test completion increased after autopend by between 21.1% (hazard ratio [HR], 1.211; P = .050), when time to reading was 57 days, and 33.9% (HR, 1.339; P = .003), when time to reading was 0 days. This result included 68% of the reminders. There was no statistical difference in A1C laboratory test completion for unread reminders in the preautopend versus postautopend period.
Conclusions: Automated patient-centered decision support can improve guideline-concordant monitoring of A1C among patients with diabetes, particularly among patients who read reminders in a timely fashion.
Am J Manag Care. 2018;24(10):479-483
