Description
Anticoagulation (AC) is only prescribed to about 50% of eligible atrial fibrillation (AF) patients despite guideline recommendations. To address this issue at the system- and provider-levels, we created a registry to identify AF patients with high stroke risk not on AC using information available in the electronic health record (EHR) and developed a best practice advisory within the EHR to assist providers in prescribing AC to their eligible AF patients or document reasons for withholding.
Learning Objective: Recognize potential of EHR data driven developments to identify AC practice gaps and leverage a best practice advisory to fill the gap and/or document reasons for non-use of AC.
Authors:
Azraa Amroze, Meyers Primary Care Institute
Gordon Manning, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Doug Buell, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Alok Kapoor, University of Massachusetts Medical School
David McManus, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Jomol Mathew (Presenter)
University of Massachusetts Medical School
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