Improving Clinical Decisions on T2DM Patients Integrating Clinical, Administrative and Environmental Data.
This work describes an integrated informatics system developed to collect and display clinically relevant data that can inform physicians and researchers about Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) patient clinical pathways and therapy adherence. The software we developed takes data coming from the electronic medical record (EMR) of the IRCCS Fondazione Maugeri (FSM) hospital of Pavia, Italy, and combines the data with administrative, pharmacy drugs (purchased from the local healthcare agency (ASL) of the Pavia area), and open environmental data of the same region. By using different use cases, we explain the importance of gathering and displaying the data types through a single informatics tool: the use of the tool as a calculator of risk factors and indicators to improve current detection of T2DM, a generator of clinical pathways and patients' behaviors from the point of view of the hospital care management, and a decision support tool for follow-up visits. The results of the performed data analysis report how the use of the dashboard displays meaningful clinical decisions in treating complex chronic diseases and might improve health outcomes.
Laboratory of System Engineer for Clinical Research, IRCCS Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, Pavia, Italy.
Daniele
D
Segagni
Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
Lucia
L
Sacchi
Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
Arianna
A
Dagliati
Laboratory of System Engineer for Clinical Research, IRCCS Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, Pavia, Italy.
Valentina
V
Tibollo
Unit of Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, IRCCS Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, Pavia, Italy.
Paola
P
Leporati
Unit of Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, IRCCS Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, Pavia, Italy.
Pasqale
P
De Cata
Unit of Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, IRCCS Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, Pavia, Italy.
Luca
L
Chiovato
Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
Riccardo
R
Bellazzi
D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007558:Italy; D008498:Medical Record Linkage / Q000379:methods*; D018511:Systems Integration