Clinical Decision Support for Newcomer Health

Health care, public health, and informatics professionals in Philadelphia, Denver, and Minnesota worked with national experts to identify opportunities for electronic health record (EHR) improvement and evidence-based, standardized care for newly-arrived refugees and other newcomers.

This Center of Excellence collaboration led to the creation of the Refugee Health Decision Support tools.

• Refugee Health Decision Support
  Order sets, documentation templates, and supporting resources available for download at no cost via the Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Connect repository from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

To learn more about the tools, visit PolicyLab: Providing Tools for Clinicians to Better Support Immigrant Health.

Please contact refugee.cds@email.chop.edu with any questions or comments.

DISCLAIMER: Development of the Refugee Health Decision Support Module was funded by Centers for Excellence in Refugee Health grant 5 NU50CK000459-02 (MN) from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As a federally funded project, it is subject to federal copyright restrictions and open access policies.

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