The Impact of an Electronic Health Record Intervention on Spirometry Completion in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Autor: Wang, Christine, Siff, Jonathan, Greco, Peter J., Warren, Edward, Thornton, J. Daryl, Tarabichi, Yasir
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. 19:142-148
ISSN: 1541-2563
1541-2555
DOI: 10.1080/15412555.2022.2049736
Popis: Spirometry is necessary to diagnose chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), yet a large proportion of patients are diagnosed and treated without having received testing. This study explored whether the effects of interventions using the electronic health record (EHR) to target patients diagnosed with COPD without confirmatory spirometry impacted the incidence rates of spirometry referrals and completions. This retrospective before and after study assessed the impact of provider-facing clinical decision support that identified patients who had a diagnosis of COPD but had not received spirometry. Spirometry referrals, completions, and results were ascertained 1.5 years prior to and 1.5 years after the interventions were initiated. Inhaler prescriptions by class were also tallied. There were 10,949 unique patients with a diagnosis of COPD who were eligible for inclusion. 4,895 patients (44.7%) were excluded because they had completed spirometry prior to the cohort start dates. The pre-intervention cohort consisted of 2,622 patients, while the post-intervention cohort had 3,392. Spirometry referral rates pre-intervention were 20.2% compared to 31.6% post-intervention (p < 0.001). Spirometry completion rates rose from 13.2% pre-intervention to 19.3% afterwards (p < 0.001). 61.7% (585 of 948) had no evidence of airflow obstruction. After excluding patients with a diagnosis of asthma, 25.8% (126 of 488) patients who had no evidence of airflow obstruction had prescriptions for long-acting bronchodilators or inhaled steroids. A concerted EHR intervention modestly increased spirometry referral and completion rates in patients with a diagnosis of COPD without prior spirometry and decreased misclassification of disease.
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