ID-5184 Wonca Abstracts supplement A-K 13-10-23 - Flipbook - Page 161
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Integrating an alcohol screening clinical decision support
tool into general practice software for women who are
pregnant or planning pregnancy
Rachel Canaway1, Dr Christine Mary Hallinan1, Libby Dai1, Dougie Boyle1, Prof Kelsey Hegarty1,
Claire Margan2, Susan Hickson2
1Department of General Practice, Melbourne Medical School, The University of Melbourne,
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Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education
Alcohol use during pregnancy poses several risks to the developing baby, yet results from the
National Drug and Alcohol Survey (2019) indicate that just over one in three women drink alcohol
during pregnancy. General practitioners play an important role in asking women who are pregnant
or trying to conceive about their alcohol use. This study, supported by the Australian Government
and the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE) as part of the Every Moment Matters
campaign, explored the feasibility of integrating a clinical decision support tool for alcohol screening
into general practice clinical software systems for women who are pregnant or trying to conceive.
Through the synthesis of available evidence and drawing extensively on stakeholder interviews
with healthcare providers and GP clinical software vendors, we present our findings on criteria to
prompt screening in primary and community care settings; acceptable tools and prompts to use in
practice; benefits, risks and feasibility of integrating prompts into GP clinical software; and barriers
and enablers to successful integration and use of such prompts. This research has broader relevance
to the development of GP clinical software systems and the integration of decision support tools; the
implications of this, and directions for further development, will be outlined.
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