The Journal of pediatrics
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The Journal of pediatrics · Apr 2017
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyA Computerized Sexual Health Survey Improves Testing for Sexually Transmitted Infection in a Pediatric Emergency Department.
To assess whether clinical decision support, using computerized sexually transmitted infection (STI) risk assessments, results in increased STI testing of adolescents at high risk for STI. ⋯ Providing sexual health survey-derived decision support to emergency department clinicians led to increased testing rates for STI in adolescents at high risk for infection, particularly in those presenting asymptomatic for infection. Studies to understand potential barriers to decision support adherence should be undertaken to inform larger, multicenter studies that could determine the generalizability of these findings and whether this process leads to increased STI detection.