PROACTIVE, PERSONALIZED SELF-MANAGEMENT & DECISION SUPPORT

Identifying symptoms early on and having prompt treatment is the gold standard in health care. Despite broader awareness that low levels of physical activity, poor mental health in new parents, tobacco and alcohol misuse are common, few systems are in place to assess and monitor symptoms early on. While evidence-based screening surveys can help identify patients who may be at risk and effective medications and non-medication treatment options are out there, most primary care settings do not use them as proactively as they could.

The Proactive, Personalized Self-Management & Decision Support (PPDS) program includes projects that use evidence-based screening in primary care to offer customized resources to both patients and providers, and support evidence-based pathways in clinical care. These studies are spearheaded by Dr. Noah Ivers, Innovation Fellow at WIHV and Scientist at Women’s College Research Institute, and Dr. Payal Agarwal, Innovation Fellow at WIHV.

The Process

The Proactive, Personalized Self-Management & Decision Support (PPDS) program includes projects that use evidence-based screening in primary care to provide more customized resources to both patients and providers, and support evidenced-based pathways in clinical care.

The PPDS approach uses these four steps:

  1. Patient completes an e-survey that screens for a certain lifestyle or risk factor they may have
  2. Survey responses automatically triage patients into a risk category
  3. Patient automatically receives an electronic toolkit with risk-specific resources, and personalized resources that addresses social needs (as determined from the survey).
  4. Provider automatically receives a summary of their patient’s results in the electronic medical record, as well as links to their own toolkit (including diagnosis and referral, treatment information) and their patient’s toolkit.

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WCH Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual Care

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