2.4 Design and Test CDS Intervention

Description: This module will help you select CDS interventions, match them to your performance improvement targets, test the effectiveness of interventions, and continually refine them by measuring outcomes and gathering input from stakeholders.

Action Steps:

• Select CDS Interventions (Worksheet 6-1a, 6-1b: Determining the Best CDS Type for Your Objective) Optional
  • Most Likely to Impact the Goals and Objectives (Worksheet 9-1a, 9-1b: Metric Selection and Use)
  • Consistent with Internal and Evidenced-based Practice
  • CDS 5 Rights: What Type of CDS, When, Who, How, Where
• Match CDS Intervention to Targets
  • Guide 3: Plan for Successful CDS Develpment, Design, and Deployment
  • Consider Cost, User Acceptance and Usability, Ease of Implementation
  • Consider Risks/Benefits, Intended /Unintended Consequences
• Develop CDS Interventions: Step by Step Process (Link to Creating an Alert: Resource in 3.3)
  • Document the Details of/Changes to each CDS Intervention (Worksheet 7-1a, 7-1b: Specification Form for Intervention Design)
  • Triggers, Logic, Data, Notification, Escalation, Presentation, Action
• Validate with Stakeholders
• Test, Refine, Retest, etc. (Worksheet 8-3: Prelaunch Testing)
• Establish Process for Difficulties or Failures (Worksheet 8-4a, 8-4b: Simplified FMEA Drill Down)
• Learn More: Link to Module 3.3: HIMSS CDS Guidebook Excerpts, Ch. 7: Vendor and Small Practice Resources

More Information on the Topic:

HIMSS CDS Guidebook Excerpts

Source: CDS Guidebook, Chapter 7: Configuring the Interventions

Other Materials:

Creating an Alert Based On Quality Measures and Clinical Guidelines*

6 key points about creating alerts.

*Adapted from a DOQ-IT University resources created for the Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) by MassPro.

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