Best Practice Advisory to Initiate High-Intensity Statin Therapy in Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease
Peripheral Artery Disease
About this trial
This is an interventional other trial for Peripheral Artery Disease focused on measuring Peripheral Artery Disease, Statin, Electronic alert, Best Practice Advisory
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Primary hospital diagnosis of PAD defined by ICD/CPT codes
- Inpatient status at the adult hospital at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Not currently prescribed a high-intensity statin (atorvastatin 40-80mg daily or rosuvastatin 20-40mg daily)
Exclusion Criteria:
- On comfort measures
- History of statin allergy or intolerance recorded in the EMR
- History of rhabdomyolysis defined by International Classification of Diseases/Current Procedural Terminology (ICD/CPT) codes
- History of hepatitis A, B, or C defined by ICD/CPT codes
- Pregnant
- Aspartate aminotransferase >120 units/L within 30 days of alert
- Alanine aminotransferase >165 units/L within 30 days of alert
- Primary hospital diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction defined by ICD/CPT codes
- Primary hospital diagnosis of acute stroke defined by ICD/CPT codes
Sites / Locations
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
Intervention
Usual Care
Patients randomized to the intervention arm will have a Best Practice Advisory (BPA) displayed as part of the discharge order workflow. This BPA requires clinicians to choose an option before completing the discharge documentation. Options include ordering one of the appropriate statins or documenting that the medication is contraindicated, the patient declined, or the patient does not meet criteria for a high-intensity statin.
Patients randomized to the usual care arm will have the identical set of windows displayed in the discharge workflow minus the BPA window.