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An Effective Computer-Based Tardive Dyskinesia Monitoring System

Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington

Mary Snowden, R.N., M.H.A.

Quality Management

Steven C. Risse, M.D.

Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, Quality Management

Thomas G. Adkins

Information Resources Management

John J. O'Brien, Ph.D.

Research Services, American Lake Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington

To promote early recognition and treatment of neuro leptic-induced tardive dyskinesia we used our facility's pharmacy and appointment data bases to develop an automated reminder system that significantly improved physician monitoring of patients receiving antipsy chotic drug therapy. The system prompts staff to per form regular examinations for abnormal involuntary movements and to review patients' consent to therapy with antipsychotic medication. The average prevalences in the 15 months after automated reminders began, in a population of over 800 patients, increased from 53% to 85% for an annually completed abnormal involuntary movement scale in medical records and from 38 to 74% for a statement of informed consent. Now, 45 months later, prevalences of both measures approaches 100%. The integrated design of the Department of Veterans Affairs computer system allowed linking pharmacy and appointment scheduling data and facilitated the proj ect. The reminder system effectively promoted rapid, marked, and sustained change in physicians' documenta tion of antipsychotic drug therapy.

American Journal of Medical Quality, Vol. 10, No. 3, 133-137 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/0885713X9501000304


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