Using Electronic Health Records and Clinical Decision Support to Provide Return-to-Work Guidance for Primary Care Practitioners for Patients with Low Back Pain

McLellan, Robert K.; Haas, Nelson S.; Kownacki, Roman P.; Pransky, Glenn S.; Talmage, James B.; Dreger, Marianne

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Using Electronic Health Records and Clinical Decision Support to Provide Return-to-Work Guidance for Primary Care Practitioners for Patients with Low Back Pain

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Nov 2017
By McLellan, Robert K. ; Haas, Nelson S. ; Kownacki, Roman P. ; ...

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Alternative Title:

J Occup Environ Med
Personal Author:

McLellan, Robert K. ; Haas, Nelson S. ; Kownacki, Roman P. ; Pransky, Glenn S. ; Talmage, James B. ; Dreger, Marianne
Corporate Authors:

RTW Subject Matter Expert Work Group
Description:

Objective

To describe the process by which a group of subject matter experts in the area of return to work developed a resource tool to provide clinical decision support (CDS) for primary care clinicians.

Methods

A common musculoskeletal disorder, low back pain (LBP), was selected, pertinent literature reviewed, and specific recommendations for action in the clinical setting developed.

Results

Primary care practitioners (PCPs) are routinely expected to create work activity prescriptions. The knowledge base for a CDS tool that could be embedded in electronic health records has been developed.

Conclusions

Improved clinical support should help prevent and manage work limitations associated with LBP not caused by work. The proposed decision support should reduce administrative burden and stimulate PCPs to explore the role of occupation and its demands on patients.
Subjects:

Acute Disease Article Decision Support Systems, Clinical Electronic Health Records Humans Low Back Pain Occupational Health Practice Guidelines As Topic Primary Health Care Return To Work Surveys And Questionnaires Work Capacity Evaluation
Source:

J Occup Environ Med. 59(11):e240-e244.
Pubmed ID:

29023338
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC5957077
Document Type:

Journal Article
Funding:

CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
Volume:

59
Issue:

11
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CDC Public Access
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