Using clinical decision support as a means of implementing a universal postpartum depression screening program.
Arch Womens Ment Health
; 19(3): 501-5, 2016 06.
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| ID: mdl-26669601
ABSTRACT
A major barrier to the diagnosis of postpartum depression (PPD) includes symptom detection. The lack of awareness and understanding of PPD among new mothers, the variability in clinical presentation, and the various diagnostic strategies can increase this further. The purpose of this study was to test the feasibility of adding clinical decision support (CDS) to the electronic health record (EHR) as a means of implementing a universal standardized PPD screening program within a large, at high risk, population. All women returning to the Mount Sinai Hospital OB/GYN Ambulatory Practice for postpartum care between 2010 and 2013 were presented with the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) in response to a CDS "hard stop" built into the EHR. Of the 2102 women who presented for postpartum care, 2092 women (99.5 %) were screened for PPD in response to a CDS hard stop module. Screens were missing on ten records (0.5 %) secondary to refusal, language barrier, or lack of clarity in the EHR. Technology is becoming increasingly important in addressing the challenges faced by health care providers. While the identification of PPD has become the recent focus of public health concerns secondary to the significant social burden, numerous barriers to screening still exist within the clinical setting. The utility of adding CDS in the form of a hard stop, requiring clinicians to enter a standardized PPD mood assessment score to the patient EHR, offers a sufficient way to address a primary barrier to PPD symptom identification at the practitioner level.
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Assunto principal:
Programas de Rastreamento
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Depressão Pós-Parto
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Sistemas de Apoio a Decisões Clínicas
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Registros Eletrônicos de Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
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Sysrev_observational_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Arch Womens Ment Health
Assunto da revista:
PSICOLOGIA
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SAUDE DA MULHER
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos