CHA₂DS₂-VASc Risk Calculator

February 2021

Stanford Emerging Apps Lab integrates the MdCalc CHA₂DS₂-VASc Risk Calculator into Epic 

 

Shreya Shah, M.D.

The SEAL team works directly with clinicians to rapidly deploy clinical workflow efficiency improvements in Epic. Our latest app, requested by hospitalist Shreya Shah, is a clinical risk calculator for stroke, called CHA2DS2-VASc.

With this app, rather than switching to an external web browser to input data into an online risk calculator, clinicians can call up the SEAL “CHA2DS2-VASc Score for Atrial Fibrillation” app from within Epic Hyperspace.

The app is launched within the current patient context and displays relevant information from the patient chart on the same screen as the calculator, as well as pre-selecting patient age, sex, and whatever risk categories seem indicated by algorithmic match with selected clinical data. The problem list is displayed side-by-side with the calculator, to facilitiate the clinical risk assessment.

 

After completing the risk assessment, the resulting score and formal clinical justification can be pasted into the patient chart courtesy of the “Copy” button at the bottom of the page, which generates a block of text suitable for pasting into a clinic note.  

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