Integrating Clinical Knowledge and Real-World Evidence for Type 2 Diabetes Treatment

AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2020 Mar 4:2019:838-847. eCollection 2019.

Abstract

Clinical decision support system (CDSS) plays a significant role nowadays and it assists physicians in making decisions for treatment. Generally based on clinical guideline, the principles of the recommendation are provided and may suggest several candidate medications for similar patient group with certain clinical conditions. However, it is challenging to prioritize these candidates and even refine the guideline to a finer level for patient-specific recommendation. Here we propose a method and system to integrate the clinical knowledge and real-world evidence (RWE) for type 2 diabetes treatment, to enable both standardized and personalized medication recommendation. The RWE is generated by medication effectiveness analysis and subgroup analysis. The knowledge model has been verified by clinical experts from the advanced hospitals. The data verification results show that the medications that are consistent with the method recommendation can lead to better clinical outcome in terms of glycemic control, compared to those inconsistent.

MeSH terms

  • Blood Glucose
  • Clinical Decision-Making
  • Decision Support Systems, Clinical*
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / drug therapy*
  • Drug Therapy, Computer-Assisted*
  • Evidence-Based Medicine*
  • Glycated Hemoglobin / analysis
  • Humans
  • Hypoglycemic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Precision Medicine*

Substances

  • Blood Glucose
  • Glycated Hemoglobin A
  • Hypoglycemic Agents
  • hemoglobin A1c protein, human