To scan or not to scan: Use of transient elastography in an integrated health system.

Autor:	Stein L; Department of Internal Medicine, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90027, United States., Mittal R; Department of Transplant Hepatology, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90027, United States., Song H; Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 91101, United States., Chung J; Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 91101, United States., Sahota A; Department of Transplant Hepatology, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90027, United States.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	World journal of hepatology [World J Hepatol] 2023 Mar 27; Vol. 15 (3), pp. 419-430.
DOI:	10.4254/wjh.v15.i3.419
Abstrakt:	Background: Non-invasive tests, such as Fibrosis-4 index and transient elastography (commonly FibroScan), are utilized in clinical pathways to risk stratify and diagnose non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). In 2018, a clinical decision support tool (CDST) was implemented to guide primary care providers (PCPs) on use of FibroScan for NAFLD. Aim: To analyze how this CDST impacted health care utilization and patient outcomes. Methods: We performed a retrospective review of adults who had FibroScan for NAFLD indication from January 2015 to December 2017 (pre-CDST) or January 2018 to December 2020 (post-CDST). Outcomes included FibroScan result, laboratory tests, imaging studies, specialty referral, patient morbidity and mortality. Results: We identified 958 patients who had FibroScan, 115 before and 843 after the CDST was implemented. The percentage of FibroScans ordered by PCPs increased from 33% to 67.1%. The percentage of patients diagnosed with early F1 fibrosis, on a scale from F0 to F4, increased from 7.8% to 14.2%. Those diagnosed with advanced F4 fibrosis decreased from 28.7% to 16.5%. There were fewer laboratory tests, imaging studies and biopsy after the CDST was implemented. Though there were more specialty referrals placed after the CDST was implemented, multivariate analysis revealed that healthcare utilization aligned with fibrosis score, whereby patients with more advanced disease had more referrals. Very few patients were hospitalized or died. Conclusion: This CDST empowered PCPs to diagnose and manage patients with NAFLD with appropriate allocation of care towards patients with more advanced disease. Competing Interests: Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article. (©The Author(s) 2023. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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