Title
Towards Optimising Chronic Kidney Disease Detection And Management In Primary Care: Underlying Theory And Protocol For Technology Development Using An Integrated Knowledge Translation Approach
Abstract
Worldwide, Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), directly or indirectly, causes more than 2.4million deaths annually with symptoms generally presenting late in the disease course. Clinical guidelines support the early identification and treatment of CKD to delay progression and improve clinical outcomes. This paper reports the protocol for the codesign, implementation and evaluation of a technological platform called Future Health Today (FHT), a software program that aims to optimise early detection and management of CKD in general practice. FHT aims to optimise clinical decision making and reduce practice variation by translating evidence into practice in real time and as a part of quality improvement activities. This protocol describes the co-design and plans for implementation and evaluation of FHT in two general practices invited to test the prototype over 12months. Service design thinking has informed the design phase and mixed methods will evaluate outcomes following implementation of FHT. Through systematic application of co-design with service users, clinicians and digital technologists, FHT attempts to avoid the pitfalls of past studies that have failed to accommodate the complex requirements and dynamics that can arise between researchers and service users and improve chronic disease management through use of health information technology.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.1177/14604582211008227
HEALTH INFORMATICS JOURNAL
Keywords
DocType
Volume
technology, Knowledge to Action framework, chronic kidney disease, primary care, protocol, clinical decision support, clinical audit
Journal
27
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
2
1460-4582
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
17