Implementation of a Cardiometabolic Disease Staging System in Primary Care

To provide appropriate medical management of obesity and facilitate the diabetes risk assessments of people with excess adiposity, a comprehensive staging system that establishes five stages of cardiometabolic disease risk-the cardiometabolic disease staging system (CMDS) has been developed. This staging is based on Adult Treatment Panel III metabolic syndrome risk factors to guide decision making for selection of treatment modality and intensity in the management of obesity. Hence, the study hypothesis is that providing CMDS to PCPs through a CDSS for medical management of obesity can aid in reducing the barriers of obesity and diabetes treatment at the PCP-level and improve the quality of obesity and diabetes care. In this pilot and feasibility study, investigators will implement an early-phase CDSS in a pragmatic PCP setting to assess the uptake and acceptability of CDSS delivered to PCPs implementing CMDS at the point of care, and collect pilot data to assess change in patient engagement and satisfaction.

Investigators will conduct initial focus groups with PCPs and a series of iterative design steps targeting PCP and patient needs. These qualitative interviews would be used to determine the initial set of requirements and prototypes of the user interfaces and notifications.

Inclusion criteria

• Primary care physicians employed at the University of Alabama at Birmingham

Exclusion criteria

• Physicians ≥19