Evaluation of an Electronic Health Record Tool to Identify Echocardiograms That Do Not Change Clinical Care

The accessibility and affordability of transthoracic echocardiograms (TTEs) make them indispensable in the management of numerous illnesses, although these virtues also contribute to substantial TTE overuse.1-3 Despite numerous well-designed interventions consisting of education, audit/feedback, and decision support tools to curb TTE overuse, there still exists a need for novel, cost-effective strategies that can sustainably reduce overuse across health care systems.1,4,5 In this single health system study across 2 hospitals, we sought to design an electronic health record (EHR) tool that could accurately identify TTEs that did not actively change clinical care and thus could be used in future interventions to reduce TTE overuse at the time of order entry.

Source: Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography - August 26, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Richard K. Leuchter, Radhika Gulhar, Jeff D. Maynick, Lawrence D. Dardick, Gabriel Vorobiof, Ramin Tabibiazar, Robert M. Yang, Catherine A. Sarkisian, Hawkin E. Woo Tags: Brief Research Communication Source Type: research