title: Understanding why clinicians answer or ignore clinical decision support prompts.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The identification of key factors influencing responses to prompts and reminders within a computer decision support system (CDSS) has not been widely studied. The aim of this study was to evaluate why clinicians routinely answer certain prompts while others are ignored.
  
  
  METHODS
  We utilized data collected from a CDSS developed by our research group--the Child Health Improvement through Computer Automation (CHICA) system. The main outcome of interest was whether a clinician responded to a prompt.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This study found that, as expected, some clinics and physicians were more likely to address prompts than others. However, we also found clinicians are more likely to address prompts for younger patients and when the prompts address more serious issues. The most striking finding was that the position of a prompt was a significant predictor of the likelihood of the prompt being addressed, even after controlling for other factors. Prompts at the top of the page were significantly more likely to be answered than the ones on the bottom.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study detailed a number of factors that are associated with physicians following clinical decision support prompts. This information could be instrumental in designing better interventions and more successful clinical decision support systems in the future.
authors: Children’s Health Services Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA. aaecarro@iupui.edu
authors: A E
authors: AE
authors: Carroll
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Anand
authors: S M
authors: SM
authors: Downs
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000379:methods*; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007196:Indiana; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017010:Reminder Systems
keywords: CHICA; Clinical decision support systems; EMR; prompts; screening
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