Brigham and Women's Hospital

Clinical Decision Support Consortium

Description

This project worked on assessing, defining, demonstrating, and evaluating best practices for knowledge management and clinical decision support across multiple ambulatory care settings and electronic health record technology platforms.

Contract Number
290-08-10010
Principal Investigator(s)

Health Information Technology Enhanced Family Health History Documentation & Management in Primary Care

Description

This study evaluated whether collecting risk factors to generate an electronic personalized health risk appraisal for coronary heart disease, diabetes, and breast and colorectal cancer was associated with improved patient-provider communication, risk assessment, and breast cancer screening plans in the subsequent year.

Grant Number
R18 HS018644
Principal Investigator(s)