TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Improving child abuse recognition and management: moving forward with clinical decision support
JO  - Journal of pediatrics
A1  - Tiyyagura, Gunjan
A1  - Asnes, Andrea G.
A1  - Leventhal, John M.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Child physical abuse is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in children and is often unrecognized by frontline providers in emergency departments (EDs). This problem is heightened for providers in general EDs, where the majority of US children present for emergency care, and abusive injuries are missed more frequently than in pediatric EDs. Clinical decision support (CDS) can improve clinical outcomes by providing clinicians with filtered knowledge and person-specific information at appropriate times in the health care encounter. Child abuse-specific CDS systems linked to the electronic health record (EHR) have the potential to standardize care, improve adherence to national guidelines, reduce bias in the evaluation and the reporting to child protective services (CPS), and, ultimately, improve the recognition of abuse...<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-3476
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2022.08.020
ID  - ref1
ER  -