Adaptation and Pilot Implementation of ePNa Clinical Decision Support for Utah Urgent Care Clinics
- Conditions
- Pneumonia
- Registration Number
- NCT04606849
- Lead Sponsor
- Intermountain Health Care, Inc.
- Brief Summary
We plan to adapt an innovative, validated emergency department (ED) CDS tool based on consensus guidelines for pneumonia care (ePNa) to function in urgent care clinics (Instacares at Intermountain) and combine it seamlessly with Stanford's CheXED artificial intelligence model using an interoperable platform currently under development by Care Transformation Information Services at Intermountain. We will then deploy it to one of two groups of Instacares (randomly selected) using the CFIR framework for Implementation Science best practice.
- Detailed Description
Clinicians' ability to accurately diagnose pneumonia and then choose the most appropriate treatment options is enhanced by well-designed clinical decision support (CDS). Pneumonia CDS has historically been focused on inpatient settings, but ambulatory care settings with high pneumonia patient volumes also might benefit. The investigators propose to adapt an innovative, validated emergency department (ED) CDS tool based on consensus guidelines for pneumonia care (ePNa) and deploy it to urgent care centers (UCC) using the CFIR framework. Electronic tools such as ePNa may become even more useful within UCCs as the COVID-19 pandemic evolves, since recommendations can be readily updated as better methods of diagnosis and effective treatment develop. ePNa within the ED has already been adapted to recommend SARS-coV-2 testing for patients with pneumonia and signs and symptoms characteristic of viral pneumonia.
The proposal supports four aims:
1. Adapt ePNa for UCC and after in silico testing, pilot it among "super user" clinicians during UCC shifts and assess its usability. ePNa needs adaptation for more limited patient data available in UCCs, calibration of severity measures for lower observed mortality, and a chest imaging prompt in patients with pneumonia signs and symptoms. ePNa for UCC will incorporate Stanford University's artificial intelligence CheXED model to provide electronic classification of chest images in \<10 seconds for elements of pneumonia diagnosis and treatment (radiographic pneumonia, single vs multiple lobes, and pleural effusion).
2. Using the CFIR framework, our prior ED implementation experience, a focus group of UCC clinicians, semi-structured interviews, and direct observations of workflow including ePNa guided transitions of care between clinicians, the investigators will identify barriers and facilitators to adaptation and implementation of ePNa to UCCs.
3. Test the implementation strategy by deploying ePNa at one of two randomly chosen Intermountain Healthcare UCC clusters each with about 800 annual pneumonia patients - the other a usual care control.
4. Co-primary outcomes are a) accuracy of pneumonia diagnosis defined by compatible chief complaint plus ≥ 1 pneumonia sign/symptom and radiographic confirmation will be ≥10% higher in the ePNa cluster, and b) the percent of UCC pneumonia patients transferred to an emergency department for further evaluation will decrease by ≥ 3% in the ePNa cluster replaced by more direct hospital admissions or discharge home. Safety measures will be unplanned subsequent 7-day ED visits/hospitalizations and 30-day mortality. Based on this rigorous pilot study, the investigators anticipate a subsequent multi-system cluster-randomized trial.
Our work incorporates the Five Rights of CDS to ensure that the strengths of this technology are optimized in the clinical environment. The investigators will leverage experience in innovative pneumonia research, pioneering CDS, and implementation science available at Intermountain to successfully complete this proposal.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 4000
- All patients ≥ 12 years of age with pneumonia: defined by the J-18.X pneumonia code or acute respiratory failure or sepsis with secondary pneumonia codes
Survey All physicians and advanced practice clinicians who are employed and actively seeing patients in the 4 Utah Valley Instacares
- Patients without radiographic confirmation of pneumonia
- Subsequent episodes of pneumonia within 12 months (so as not to over-represent patients with recurrent pneumonia caused by recurrent aspiration or structural lung disease).
Survey No providers will be excluded from the survey invitation
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ePNa utilization and impact on the UCC clinical environment through study completion, year 3 of the study Frequency of clinicians' disagreement with different ePNa recommendations will be monitored along with a tally of the structured reasons for disagreement entered by clinicians into ePNa.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Number of unplanned subsequent ED Visits within 7 days of initial encounter Number of unplanned hospitalizations within 7 days of initial encounter Accuracy of pneumonia diagnosis given through study completion, year 3 of the study defined by compatible chief complaint (cough, dyspnea, chest pain, fever) plus . 1 pneumonia sign/symptom (temperature . 38.0C or \< 36.0C, white blood cell count \>10,000/ul or \<4000/ul), bandemia \>10%, SpO2\<90% on room air, respiratory rate \>20/minute)19 and radiographic confirmation
The change in the transfer rate of UCC pneumonia patients to an ED through study completion, year 3 of the study we want a decrease of . 3% in the ePNa cluster with those transfers replaced by direct hospital admissions or discharge home.
Use of fewer health care resources through study completion, year 3 of the study
Trial Locations
- Locations (12)
American Fork Instacare
🇺🇸American Fork, Utah, United States
Layton Instacare
🇺🇸Layton, Utah, United States
Lehi Instacare
🇺🇸Lehi, Utah, United States
Intermountain Medical Center
🇺🇸Murray, Utah, United States
North Ogden Instacare
🇺🇸N. Ogden, Utah, United States
North Orem Instacare
🇺🇸Orem, Utah, United States
Utah Valley Instacare
🇺🇸Provo, Utah, United States
Herefordshire Instacare
🇺🇸Roy, Utah, United States
Saratoga Springs Instacare
🇺🇸Saratoga Springs, Utah, United States
South Ogden Instacare
🇺🇸South Ogden, Utah, United States
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