Publications by authors named "Anwar Mohammad Sirajuddin"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Epic Sepsis Predictive Model (ESPMv1) alert system in emergency departments by tracking its performance in identifying patients at risk for sepsis over the course of a year.
- Out of nearly 146,000 patient encounters, the ESPMv1 alert was triggered in only 4.9% of cases, detecting sepsis in 2253 encounters while missing it in many others, leading to low sensitivity (14.7%) but high specificity (95.3%).
- The findings suggest that the alert system offers minimal help to physicians in diagnosing sepsis, as most cases were treated without alert notifications, indicating the tool's limited diagnostic utility
Objective: The study sought to determine availability and use of structured override reasons for drug-drug interaction (DDI) alerts in electronic health records.
Materials And Methods: We collected data on DDI alerts and override reasons from 10 clinical sites across the United States using a variety of electronic health records. We used a multistage iterative card sort method to categorize the override reasons from all sites and identified best practices.
Article Synopsis
- The study emphasizes the importance of high-quality, collaborative clinical knowledge management (CKM) tools for effectively managing clinical decision support (CDS) content.
- A survey was conducted to gather insights on CKM practices, revealing that organizations should prioritize multidisciplinary teams, centralized repositories for clinical content, and interactive online tools for content development.
- Continued development and refinement of advanced CKM capabilities are essential for enhancing clinical decision support systems and ensuring organizations are utilizing effective practices.