Novel Strategies for Personalized Clinical Decisions in Knee Arthroplasty

"The web-based clinical decision support (CDS) tool uses patient information (e.g., age, sex, BMI, perioperative status) to create personalized predictions of recovery following knee replacement. The CDS tool predicts range of motion, physical function, and pain recovery. Clinicians can use these predictions to (1) inform patients of their expected prognosis, (2) monitor patients' recovery against their predicted recovery, and (3) tailor treatments according to individual patients' needs.~Clinicians were provided with basic training for how to use the CDS tool, and were given examples of how to integrate it into clinical care. However, the CDS tool did not dictate any treatment decisions; clinicians were free to use the CDS tool at their discretion to inform decision making."