When working to achieve broad, transformative, and sustainable change, it can sometimes be difficult to assess and chart progress. This is true for both an initiative like the CDSiC and the use of CDS within a healthcare system. In the first two years of the CDSiC, the Outcomes and Objectives Workgroup explored outcomes measurement for PC CDS.  

The renamed Measurement and Outcomes Workgroup is now tasked with advancing ways to consistently measure and evaluate PC CDS across settings.  The Measurement and Outcomes Workgroup is exploring how we measure the safety, effectiveness, and equity of PC CDS interventions, and particularly how we measure outcomes that matter to patients, such as decision making, patient engagement, care experience, and clinical outcomes. The reports, resources, and tools created by this Workgroup support the CDSiC and the broader CDS community in advancing the standardization of measuring the outcomes of PC CDS interventions. Through Fall of 2024, the Workgroup will be focusing efforts on:  

• Developing an inventory of existing measures and measurement instruments to assess patient preferences, using the CDSiC’s Taxonomy of Patient Preferences as an organizational framework. 
• Engaging patient partners to prioritize patient health journey measure domains for PC CDS.
• Field testing the PC CDS Planning, Implementation, and Reporting Tool with an existing PC CDS intervention to improve the tool’s usability.

Workgroup Leadership:

• Polina Kukhareva, PhD, MPH, FAMIA
• Mustafa Ozkaynak, PhD