Clinical Decision Support Tools to Support Screening and Management of Children with Overweight and Obesity
Connect for Health clinical decision support tools are designed to:
- align with existing practice workflows, and internal performance metrics.
- meet the needs of clinicians and staff, and
- ensure high quality care.
Components include:
An alert for children
with elevated BMI
Triggered by recorded height and weight measurements and designed to alert the medical team to the
patient’s BMI and remind them to access
Connect for Health tools.
Recommendations for
laboratory evaluations
The use of diagnosis codes
Standardized recommendations
For consistency in counseling on nutrition, physical activity, sleep, and social and emotional wellness
Referrals for treatment
To connect families to external support services, such as nutrition, behavioral health, or a multi-disciplinary clinic or program for weight management
Follow-up
To ensure continued care for weight management
and support for families.
Family-facing tools to help clinicians educate patient families and guide discussions around behavioral changes, include:
Patient Education Handouts
that focus on the primary behaviors associated with weight, including sleep, screen time, drink choices, establishing a balanced nutrition plan, and physical activity.
Materials on social and emotional health and community resources.
Text Messaging Program
that offers families regular, automated messages for ongoing support and encouragement around behavior change for weight management.