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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/CDS_Connect_2024_Final_Report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - eighth year of the CDS Connect project focused on system maintenance and updates to ensure that
the tools … components of CDS Connect: the Repository, CDS artifacts, the
Authoring Tool, and the open-source tools … 172 accounts, with 45% requested for use in university health informatics coursework
Open-Source Tools … CDS Connect developed a number of open-source tools. … This year’s Open-Source Tools accomplishments include updating:
• Pain Management Summary to reflect
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August 28, 2024 - CDS Authoring Tool
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August 28, 2024 - CDS Authoring Tool
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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/AHRQ_Final_Report_2023.pdf
January 01, 2023 - The 7th year of the CDS Connect project focused on system maintenance and updates to ensure that the
tools … //cds.ahrq.gov/cdsconnect/userguide/home
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Open-Source Tools … CDS Connect developed a number of open-source tools. … • Engage with organizations leveraging digitial tools such as CDS, value sets, health standards, and … • Explore opportunities to leverage artificial intelligence tools and synthetic patient data to
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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/workgroups/13461/CDS_Connect_WG_June_2021_Summary_0.pdf
January 01, 2021 - OBJECTIVES
• Welcome and brief review of meeting objectives and agenda
• Overview of CDS Connect tools … Discussion
• A WG member asked about plans for developing, testing, and employing these tools. … The CDS research
team continues to evaluate these tools and secure approvals for production. … The team will identify the
ideal location for the tools to reside so that they do not interrupt the … • MITRE inquired about the level of patient input and feedback on the tools.
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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/AHRQ_Final_Report_2020.pdf
January 01, 2020 - The
first 3 years of the project included development and testing of the tools included in the CDS … Standards Conformance (ensure tools adhere to standards and are innovative)
CDS Connect tools and artifacts … The CDS Connect project has developed other open source tools over previous years. … (including CDS Connect tools). … Update CDS Connect tools to support CQL 1.5.
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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/workgroups/216/jan-2017-cholesterol-wg-notes.docx
January 01, 2017 - .
· CDS tools should be considered for use outside of clinical visits, such as in preparation for visits … , or as population health management tools. … embedding tool into clinical workflow: facilitating documentation can motivate clinicians to use the tools … The WG also debated the merits of using multiple risk tools for cardiovascular risk, and whether there … Note: it is unclear whether licensing restrictions will allow the creation of both risk tools, therefore
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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/AHRQ_Final_Report_2022.pdf
January 01, 2022 - Standards Conformance
(Ensure that Tools Adhere to Standards and are Innovative; Sections 4 – 7) … • Prototype Tools: Tools for testing and integrating CDS into health systems. … • Update open-source tools to follow latest standards and best practices (as applicable). … Standards Conformance: Open-Source Tools
The CDS Connect project has developed other open-source tools … These participants used two CDS Connect tools: the CDS Authoring Tool and CQL Services.
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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/AHRQ_Final_Report_2021.pdf
January 01, 2021 - • Prototype Tools: Tools for testing
and integrating CDS into health
systems. … • Website
o Updated sign-on options for
interacting with CDS Connect tools. … • Support CQL 1.5 in CDS Connect
Prototype Tools (CQL Services
& CQL Testing). … tools over previous years. … Activities included:
• Demonstrating CDS Connect tools
and functionalities.
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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/workgroups/38971/CDS_Connect_WG_December_2021_Summary.pdf
January 01, 2021 - Harle has led a variety of
patient partnering efforts in the development of relevant tools. … the research population, as well as the
“digital divide’s” effect on the uptake and use of digital tools … Boston and Florida feature patient
interviews at the conclusion of a clinical visit about the CDS tools … routine involvement of patients and care partners in early
phases of CDS development helps ensure the tools … The team
updated several of the technical tools and libraries upon which the Authoring Tool relies.
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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/workgroups/34806/CDS_Connect_WG_October_2021_Summary.pdf
January 01, 2021 - Programming
Interface (API) key authentication within the CDS Connect Authoring Tool and
Prototype Tools … Open Discussion
A WG member suggested prioritizing the communication and socialization of tools. … Now that CQL is
further advanced, the next step might involve promoting CDS Connect and how its tools … Increasing trust in the platform will further promote
implementation of these tools at the point-of-care … Moreover, libraries within CQL could be shared or reused across tools, further enhancing
the applicability
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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/workgroups/184656/CDS_Connect_WG_June_2022_Presentation.pdf
January 01, 2022 - findings into shareable,
health IT standards-based and publicly available CDS
• Develop prototype tools … for developers
• Implemented code to continuously track GitHub views and
downloads of CDS Connect tools … Develop prototype tools to facilitate this
transformation process.
• ACHIEVED!
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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/workgroups/34806/CDS_Connect_WG_October_2021_Presentation.pdf
January 01, 2021 - .
− Support CQL 1.5 in CDS Connect Prototype Tools (CQL Services and CQL Testing).
− Enhance support … − Switch to the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) API key authentication in CDS AT and Prototype Tools … of downloaded CQL in the CDS AT.
• Improve support for executing CQL 1.5 in CDS AT and
open-source tools … .*
• Update open-source tools to follow latest standards and best practices
(as applicable).
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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/workgroups/27826/CDS_Connect_WG_Summary_July_2021.pdf
January 01, 2021 - limitation; in addition, it does
not support debugging of syntax and data errors (whereas text-editor tools … The literature shows
CDS tools might be more appreciated in a primary-care practice—in this case, one … piloting efforts consider the disparities and inequalities that
may arise in implementing these types of tools … There are ways to apply these types of tools in organizations that might
otherwise be left behind in
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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/workgroups/1261/CDS_Connect_WG_%20March2021_%20Summary.pdf
March 18, 2021 - In general, they were interested in seeing more patient-facing CDS tools. … gathering patient/caregiver community input
early in the development cycle to direct which artifacts and tools … Work continues on support
for Clinical Quality Language (CQL) 1.5 in the Prototype Tools.
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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/workgroups/27826/CDS_Connect_WG_Slides_July_2021.pdf
January 01, 2021 - Thermoplasty
Potential Activities
Overarching Goal of CDS Activities
• Develop CDS components/tools … more useful for clinicians by incorporating them into EHRs
and other point-of-care decision support tools
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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/workgroups/28166/CDS_Connect_WG_Summary_August%202021.pdf
August 19, 2021 - A clinician
might have a use for CDS tools at certain points in the healthcare workflow but might find
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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/workgroups/33746/CDS_Connect_WG_Summary_September_2021.pdf
January 01, 2021 - the CDS Authoring Tool’s testing feature, as
well as the open-source CQL Testing and CQL Services tools
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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cds/artifact/476/2024_CDS_Connect_IG_Pain_Management_Summary.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Note that the assessment tools expressed in
this artifact are those that were implemented in the pilot … Patients, caregivers, and clinicians use clinical decision support evidence and tools
in the context … MITRE submitted applications in 2018 to have all aspects of the
PEG and STarT Back tools represented … by LOINC codes and updated the CQL code in 2020 to
include the new LOINC codes for these tools. … CDS Connect Prototype Tools. https://github.com/AHRQ-CDS/CQL-Testing-
Framework.