Effect of clinical decision support for severe hypercholesterolemia on low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels

Autor: Hana Bangash, Seyedmohammad Saadatagah, Mohammadreza Naderian, Marwan E. Hamed, Lubna Alhalabi, Alborz Sherafati, Joseph Sutton, Omar Elsekaily, Ali Mir, Justin H. Gundelach, Daniel Gibbons, Paul Johnsen, Christina M. Wood-Wentz, Carin Y. Smith, Pedro J. Caraballo, Kent R. Bailey, Iftikhar J. Kullo
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: npj Digital Medicine, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2398-6352
DOI: 10.1038/s41746-024-01069-w
Popis: Abstract Severe hypercholesterolemia/possible familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is relatively common but underdiagnosed and undertreated. We investigated whether implementing clinical decision support (CDS) was associated with lower low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) in patients with severe hypercholesterolemia/possible FH (LDL-C ≥ 190 mg/dL). As part of a pre-post implementation study, a CDS alert was deployed in the electronic health record (EHR) in a large health system comprising 3 main sites, 16 hospitals and 53 clinics. Data were collected for 3 months before (‘silent mode’) and after (‘active mode’) its implementation. Clinicians were only able to view the alert in the EHR during active mode. We matched individuals 1:1 in both modes, based on age, sex, and baseline lipid lowering therapy (LLT). The primary outcome was difference in LDL-C between the two groups and the secondary outcome was initiation/intensification of LLT after alert trigger. We identified 800 matched patients in each mode (mean ± SD age 56.1 ± 11.8 y vs. 55.9 ± 11.8 y; 36.0% male in both groups; mean ± SD initial LDL-C 211.3 ± 27.4 mg/dL vs. 209.8 ± 23.9 mg/dL; 11.2% on LLT at baseline in each group). LDL-C levels were 6.6 mg/dL lower (95% CI, −10.7 to −2.5; P = 0.002) in active vs. silent mode. The odds of high-intensity statin use (OR, 1.78; 95% CI, 1.41–2.23; P
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