DEPRESSION CARE USING COMPUTERIZED DECISION SUPPORT

描述：随机对照试验（RCT）的目的， 该应用程序是：开发一个计算机化的决策支持系统 （CDSS），这将促使初级保健医生实施治疗 基于AHCPR抑郁症实践指南的建议;比较 240名抑郁症患者的临床结果和护理费用;以及 检查传播计算机化指南对医生的影响 实践、态度和知识。 根据文献，该申请假定， 计算机化决策支持系统具有以下特点： 包含基于证据的专家小组定制的实践指南 供本地使用;使用患者特定信息定制反馈; 提供允许使用临床判断的选择;在线提供 指令，可选择访问更详细的信息;使 在遭遇时采取的行动;并提供简短的具体治疗 提醒患者和医生。 的发展 计算机化的决策支持系统，抑郁症描述在这 应用程序与屏幕的例子介绍。 该系统将被放置在 在现有的电子医疗记录，逻辑，这是集成 医疗档案系统（MARS） 一个遭遇形式的例子 来自Logician的附加到应用程序。 初级保健环境是 之所以选择这个项目，是因为那里是大多数抑郁症患者的所在地。 治疗。 主要的假设是抑郁症患者中 使用计算机化决策支持系统的医生将 与接受以下治疗的患者相比， 未接触完整系统的医生。 其他的假设是， 使用该系统的医生将更快地开始抑郁症治疗， 更有可能提供符合AHCPR指南的治疗， 进一步增加对实践指南的了解，并实现 以较低的平均成本获得类似的临床结果。 研究中主要关注的变量和协变量涉及 患者从抑郁症中的恢复以及治疗的数量、类型和费用。 将通过汉密尔顿量表评分（a）等于或低于 7，和（B）在三个月和六个月后显著降低， 治疗 治疗费用（使用问卷和MARS）将 基于医生市场统计和平均批发 毒品的价格。 六个月期间的所有费用将加在一起， 确定每个病人的护理总费用。 这些和相关数据 将在检验后采用单变量和多变量技术进行分析 关于它们的分布和关系的基本假设。

Description: The aims of the randomized controlled trial (RCT) proposed in this application are to: develop a computerized decision support system (CDSS) that will prompt primary care physicians to implement treatment recommendations based upon AHCPR practice guidelines for depression; compare the clinical outcomes and costs of care for 240 depressed patients; and examine the impacts of disseminating computerized guidelines on physician practices, attitudes, and knowledge. Based on the literature, the application posits that a successful computerized decision support system has the following characteristics: contains evidence-based, expert-panel-derived practice guidelines tailored for local use; uses patient-specific information to customize feedback; presents choices that allow for use of clinical judgment; provides online instruction with the option of accessing more detailed information; enables action at the time of the encounter; and provides brief specific treatment reminders both to patients and physicians. The development of the computerized decision support system for depression is described in this application with examples of screens presented. This system will be placed in the existing electronic medical record, Logician, which is integrated with the Medical ARchival System (MARS). An example of an encounter form from Logician is appended to the application. The primary care setting was chosen for the project since that is where most depression cases are treated. The primary hypothesis is that a higher proportion of depressed patients cared for by physicians using the computerized decision support system will recover within six months of diagnosis compared with patients cared for by physicians not exposed to the complete system. Other hypotheses are that physicians using the system will initiate depression treatment sooner, be more likely to provide treatment consistent with the AHCPR guidelines, have a greater increase in knowledge about the practice guidelines, and achieve similar clinical outcomes at a lower average cost. The variables and covariates of chief interest in the study relate to patient recovery from depression and amounts, types, and costs of treatment. Recovery will be determined by Hamilton Scale ratings (a) equal to or below 7, and (b) that decrease significantly after three and six months of treatment. The costs of treatment (Utilization Questionnaire and MARS) will be based on the Physician Marketplace Statistics and average wholesale prices for drugs. All costs for the six-month period will be summed to ascertain the total cost of care for each patient. These and related data will be analyzed with univariate and multivariate techniques after testing underlying assumptions about their distributions and relationships.