{"id":844,"date":"2013-05-03T15:21:06","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T15:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/sti\/?p=844"},"modified":"2013-05-01T22:22:45","modified_gmt":"2013-05-01T22:22:45","slug":"computerized-clinical-decision-support-systems-cdss-their-potential-for-improving-hiv-follow-up-in-low-resource-settings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/sti\/2013\/05\/03\/computerized-clinical-decision-support-systems-cdss-their-potential-for-improving-hiv-follow-up-in-low-resource-settings\/","title":{"rendered":"Computerized \u201cclinical decision support systems\u201d (CDSS): their potential for improving HIV follow-up in low-resource settings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kit Fairley (<a href=\"http:\/\/sti.bmj.com\/content\/87\/Suppl_2\/ii25.full\">http:\/\/sti.bmj.com\/content\/87\/Suppl_2\/ii25.full<\/a>) \u00a0in this journal offers an overview of the many ways in which information technology can be used in the area of STIs.\u00a0 This is most obviously through the role of electronic medical records (EMR); but also through the possibility these offer for clinical decision support systems that can be used to generate prompts and reminders.\u00a0 Information Technology (IT) has also opened up possibilities such as computer assisted self-interviewing (<a href=\"http:\/\/sti.bmj.com\/content\/86\/4\/310.abstract?sid=07f1ed96-1c3f-4a99-9da5-58f02157ea9e\">http:\/\/sti.bmj.com\/content\/86\/4\/310.abstract?sid=07f1ed96-1c3f-4a99-9da5-58f02157ea9e<\/a>), provision of wider access to counselling services, facilitation of partner notification.\u00a0 If Gaydos et al. \u00a0are on the right track (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iwantthekit.org\/\">http:\/\/www.iwantthekit.org<\/a>), IT may one day \u201ccompletely change the way services are provided\u201d.\u00a0 A number of papers published by STIs have focussed on trialling short message system reminders for re-testing\/re-screening.\u00a0 These have been show to have some effectiveness in the area of Chlamydia screening (<a href=\"http:\/\/sti.bmj.com\/content\/89\/1\/11.abstract?sid=07f1ed96-1c3f-4a99-9da5-58f02157ea9e\">http:\/\/sti.bmj.com\/content\/89\/1\/11.abstract?sid=07f1ed96-1c3f-4a99-9da5-58f02157ea9e<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/sti.bmj.com\/content\/89\/1\/16.abstract?sid=07f1ed96-1c3f-4a99-9da5-58f02157ea9e\">http:\/\/sti.bmj.com\/content\/89\/1\/16.abstract?sid=07f1ed96-1c3f-4a99-9da5-58f02157ea9e<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/sti.bmj.com\/content\/87\/Suppl_1\/A258.3.abstract?sid=07f1ed96-1c3f-4a99-9da5-58f02157ea9e\">http:\/\/sti.bmj.com\/content\/87\/Suppl_1\/A258.3.abstract?sid=07f1ed96-1c3f-4a99-9da5-58f02157ea9e<\/a>) and in the area of MSM HIV retesting achieved a fourfold increase in uptake (<a href=\"http:\/\/sti.bmj.com\/content\/87\/3\/229.abstract?sid=07f1ed96-1c3f-4a99-9da5-58f02157ea9e\">http:\/\/sti.bmj.com\/content\/87\/3\/229.abstract?sid=07f1ed96-1c3f-4a99-9da5-58f02157ea9e<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>A recent randomized control (RCT) study from a USAID-funded paediatric referral clinic in Kenya (Were &amp; Vreeman), however, points to one impressively fruitful application of IT to STIs which seems to have failed to attract the attention it deserves (<a href=\"http:\/\/pediatrics.aappublications.org\/content\/131\/3\/e789.abstract?sid=f4698a8a-9724-4227-8896-3a9f57f92729\">http:\/\/pediatrics.aappublications.org\/content\/131\/3\/e789.abstract?sid=f4698a8a-9724-4227-8896-3a9f57f92729<\/a>).\u00a0 In limited resource settings the complex process of pediatric HIV follow-up seems particularly apt to benefit from EMRs that can generate prompts to clinicians \u2013 especially where such staff are less than adequately trained, or are subject to high rates of turn-over, or overwhelmed by patient demand. \u00a0The reminders generated through this clinical decision support system (CDSS) include PCR tests, CD4 tests, ARV reminders, as well as baseline chemistry &amp; hematology studies, chest X-rays and malnutrition reminders.\u00a0 The RCT study claims a nearly fourfold improvement in adherence to protocols overall \u2013 admittedly with some procedures (e.g. chest x-rays, laboratory tests other than ELISA) benefiting enormously more than others (e.g. initiation of ART ).\u00a0 Of course, the effectiveness of such reminders, as the authors emphasize, ultimately depends on the quality of the input data informing the \u201csummaries\u201d from which reminders are generated.<\/p>\n<p>The effectiveness of CDSS in this area seems less remarkable than the apparent absence of studies like that of Were &amp; Vreeman.\u00a0 The authors cite studies of the use of computer-based alerts and reminders for HIV care in the US, and a comparative study between 2 clinics of a system of computer-generated reminders for CD4 testing of adults.\u00a0 But, \u201crigorously controlled trials of CDSS effectiveness in resource-limited settings could not be found\u201d.\u00a0 The authors conclude that pediatric HIV care in limited resource 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