Randomized Controlled Trial of Alert-Based Computerized Decision Support for Optimizing Low-Density Lipoprotein Management

The alert-based CDS will consist of an on-screen electronic dialogue box that will notify the clinician that the patient is at increased risk for cardiovascular events and is not at LDL-C goal according to current evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. The clinician will have the opportunity to proceed to an order template through which ezetimibe or a PCSK9 inhibitor can be prescribed. The clinician could also elect to learn more about current evidence-based clinical practice guideline recommendations for LDL targets. Finally, the clinician could elect to proceed without ordering more intensive lipid-lowering therapy or reading the guidelines but would have to provide a rationale for not prescribing ezetimibe or a PCSK9 inhibitor.