Advancing patient-centered clinical decision support in today's health care ecosystem: key themes from the Clinical Decision Support Innovation Collaborative's 2023 Annual Meeting.

OBJECTIVE

This perspective summarizes key themes that arose from stakeholder discussions at the inaugural Clinical Decision Support Innovation Collaborative (CDSiC) 2023 Annual Meeting. The CDSiC is an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)-funded innovation hub for patient-centered clinical decision support (PC CDS).

MATERIALS AND METHODS

The meeting took place on May 16-17, 2023, and engaged 73 participants that represented a range of stakeholder groups including researchers, informaticians, federal representatives, clinicians, patients, and electronic health record developers. Each meeting session was recorded and had 2 notetakers. CDSiC leadership analyzed the compiled meeting notes to synthesize key themes.

RESULTS

Participants discussed 7 key opportunities to advance PC CDS: (1) establish feedback loops between patients and clinicians; (2) develop new workflows; (3) expand the evidence base; (4) adapt the CDS Five Rights for the patient perspective; (5) advance health equity; (6) explore perceptions on the use of artificial intelligence; and (7) encourage widespread use and scalability of PC CDS.

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION

Innovative approaches are needed to ensure patients' and caregivers' voices are meaningfully included to advance PC CDS.