Email UpdatesThe CDS Connect Work Groups are advisory groups established to identify and validate the design for capabilities and functionality of the CDS Repository, while informing and guiding the design, development and inclusion of CDS artifacts.
Workgroups will identify, prioritize and vet the software functionality that will be incrementally designed and deployed in the CAMH (The CMS Alliance to Modernize Healthcare) developed CDS Repository. They will provide feedback on the identification, generation and piloting of CDS artifacts developed by the CDS Connect project team.
Some of the organizations that are informing CDS Connect efforts through voluntary participation in Workgroup calls include:
- AllianceChicago
- Apervita, Inc
- Arizona State University
- Boston University School of Medicine
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services/ Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services/ Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services
- Cerner Corporation
- Clinovations Government + Health
- Cognitive Medical Systems
- ECRI Institute
- Elimu Informatics, Inc
- GE Healthcare
- HarmonIQ Health Systems Corporation
- Health Hats
- HLN Consulting, LLC
- Indiana University, Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health
- Inflexxion, Inc.
- LogicNets Inc
- MAGIC Project - Making GRADE the Irresistible Choice
- MEDITECH
- Motive Medical Intelligence
- National Institutes of Health/National Library of Medicine
- Patient-Centered CDS Learning Network
- Practice Fusion, Inc.
- Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences
- Telligen
- University of Michigan
- University of Utah
- Veterans Health Administration
- Yale Center for Medical Informatics
This workgroup will advise CAMH on the ongoing identification and prioritization of key features and capabilities for the CDS Repository software. CAMH will create legends, lead discussions, and consider feedback from workgroup subject matter experts.
Community Support
Nurture an active and supportive open source community that will be the heart of the CDS Connect project, focused on the success of the Repository software.
Discuss the various licensing considerations of the software and associated CDS artifacts hosted on the CDS Repository.
Provide Vision
Advise the development/refinement of the open source CDS Repository software requirements that will be documented for AHRQ.
Validate the vision and use of the CDS Repository based on experiences from the community of users.
Implementation Guidance
Convene discussions on the use of the CDS Connect information technology infrastructure and CDS data when used with EHR systems.
Discuss and identify entry points for Application Programmer Interfaces that will allow for further automation and integration of the CDS Repository and associated CDS artifacts.
CDS Connect Work Group Schedule
Review of the Agenda, Maria Michaels (CDC)
Lessons Learned with CDS Connect: Use of Authoring Tool for Hypertension, Christopher d’Autremont (OSHU)
CPG on FHIR® updates to Repository and CDS Authoring Tool (MITRE)
What's New with CDS Connect This Month (MITRE)
Open Discussion, Announcements, and Close Out, Maria Michaels (CDC)
Review of the Agenda, Maria Michaels (CDC)
CDS Artifact Review and Update across CDS Connect (MITRE)
What's New with CDS Connect This Month (MITRE)
Open Discussion and Announcements, Maria Michaels (CDC)
Closing
A FHIR®-Based CDS Sandbox, Andrey Soares, Ph.D.
What's New with CDS Connect This Month (MITRE)
Open Discussion and Close Out, Maria Michaels (CDC)
Open discussion and announcements
Closing
Special Announcement (COVID-19)
Lessons Learned in CDS Usability: Mobilizing a Million Hearts (ONC LEAP) & Quantifying Efficiencies in Sharable CDS (AHRQ), Kristen Miller (MedStar Health)
What's New with CDS Connect This Month (MITRE)
Open Discussion and Close Out, Maria Michaels (CDC)
Open discussion and announcements
Closing
Review the CDS Connect CPG on FHIR® Design Changes
Share new features and resources available for CDS Connect
Discuss topics of interest to members relating to opportunities for CDS Connect/HIMMS
Closing
Share new features and resources available for CDS Connect
Discuss opportunities and challenges for CDS Connect and CPG on FHIR®
Share lessons learned for use of the CDS Connect Authoring Tool in Academia
Discuss topics of interest to members relating to opportunities for CDS Connect
Closing
Share key takeaways for CDS Connect based on recently attended conferences
Update the Work Group on the outcome of theme and trust attribute discussion
Introduce a topical series to hear from members on their lessons learned using CDS Connect
Discuss topics of interest to members relating to opportunities for CDS Connect
CDS Connect Accomplishments: Years 1-3
CDS Connect Year 4 Priorities
Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support Annual Conference
Open Discussion and Close Out
Trust Framework Work Group Enhancement Options
MedStar Usability Evaluation Analysis
b.Well Final Pilot Update
CDS Connect Pilot Insights and Lessons Learned
CDS Connect Sustainability Path Project Update
b.well patient-facing notification and content development
Pilot artifact data element and value set definition
Uploading external clinical quality language (CQL) libraries in the Authoring Tool (AT) demonstration
Specifying parameter values with the AT testing feature demonstration
The Role of the Cholesterol Management Workgroup
The CDS Connect Cholesterol Management Workgroup advised the CDS Connect project team from December 2016 – August 2017 during the development, specification and pilot implementation of cholesterol-related CDS artifacts which are currently hosted on the CDS Connect Repository.
Clinical Feedback
Review clinical components of the environmental scan conducted by CAMH.
Provide feedback on where CDS artifacts would fire in clinical workflow and the urgency of the notification.
Artifact Vision
Provide feedback on which recommendations to prioritize and how they might translate into CDS rules.
Provide feedback on artifact fidelity and inclusion, and provide suggestions for additional areas of inquiry.
Provide feedback on the presentation format of each CDS artifact and the end-user target that would engage with the artifact.
Implementation Guidance
Validate final catalog of clinical content to ensure that all the CAMH CDS artifacts provide consistent clinical across the domain of cholesterol management.
Review and validate CAMH's proposed pilot testing plans specific to cholesterol management.
Review the results of CAMH's pilot of new cholesterol management CDS artifacts.