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Clinical decision support reduces unnecessary tetanus vaccinations in the emergency department.
The authors implemented a clinical decision support alert in the electronic health record that warned providers when ordering a tetanus vaccine if a prior one had been given within 10 years and studied its efficacy to reduce potentially unnecessary vaccines in the ED. They found that a clinical decision support alert that warns ED clinicians that a patient may have an up-to-date tetanus vaccination status reduced potentially unnecessary vaccinations.
AHRQ-funded; HS027170.
Citation: Dutta S, McEvoy DS, Stump T .
Clinical decision support reduces unnecessary tetanus vaccinations in the emergency department.
Ann Emerg Med 2021 Sep;78(3):370-80. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.02.021..
Keywords: Clinical Decision Support (CDS), Shared Decision Making, Vaccination, Health Information Technology (HIT)