Lupus Advisor Helps Improve Patient Outcomes and Care Coordination
Lupus Advisor Provides Benefits for Patients and Healthcare Providers at No Cost to the Health System
Improved Monitoring of Disease Activity
Several measures of the patient’s condition are not easily measured or tracked (SLEDAI-2K, LLDAS, etc). Lupus Advisor assists physicians and nurses in calculating measures of disease progression.
Enhanced Patient Trend Insights
Lupus Advisor monitors patient symptoms and displays key trends; opportunities for improving treatments are presented for discussion with the patient.
Consistent Care and Improved Notes
Orders selected for the patient are entered into the patient record for approval and a note summarizing the discussion is entered into the patient record for editing and approval.
Benefits To Rheumatology
A more straightforward presentation of lupus-related patient information
Standardized treatment plans for selection
Useful tools in discussing treatment options with patients
Improved ordering of the treatment plans decided
Increased coordination between rheumatology and other avenues
Health system specific recommendations selected from a library of options which includes referenced sources
Treatment selection remain in order sets in Epic
Coordination of documentation and treatment plans between specialists, nurse practitioners (NPs)/physician assistants (PAs), and primary care physicians
Optimize use of primary care and secondary level providers (NP/PAs) to treat where appropriate and ensure lab tests are available prior to referral to Rheumatology
Benefits To Nurse Practitioners And Physician Assistants
Improved guidance on how to evaluate and address issues with the lupus patients with flares that they may encounter
Tools to educate patients specific to their treatment plan
Standardized documentation and treatment options
Improved ordering of the treatments selected
Benefits To The Quality Department
Improved guidance on how to evaluate and address issues with the lupus patients with flares that they may encounter
Tools to educate patients specific to their treatment plan
Standardized documentation and treatment options
Improved ordering of the treatments selected
Benefits As A Teaching Tool
Better visibility to routine visit activities for patients with lupus
Standardized measures for patient lupus activity
Improved review of guidelines during visits as part of treatment planning
