David S. Bar-Shain, MD*

Undergraduate – Yale University (Philosophy)

Medical School – Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (CWRU) 

Residency – Pediatrics (CWRU – Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital)

Faculty Appointment – Professor of Pediatrics

Informatics Role – Director of Clinical Informatics – Clinical Decision Support

Role in Fellowship Program – Assistant Program Director and Co-Director, Capstone Activity Project

Brief Description – Dr. Bar-Shain works in clinical decision support and population health. He is a nationally known EHR expert in immunizations, patient entered data, and recognition of high blood pressure measurements. Dr. Bar-Shain is certified by the Epic Systems Corporation in EpicCare Ambulatory and Chronicles Database Programming.

Selected Recent Projects

Immunization

• Self-scheduled immunizations: When an immunization is due in Health Maintenance, configure MyChart to allow pediatric and adult patients to self-schedule appointments in the appropriate venue.
• Risk-based immunization forecasts: Extend our Health Maintenance functionality to detect patient-specific risk factors of vaccine preventable diseases and have that risk impact which vaccines are due and when.
• Support for combination vaccine ordering: Collaborating with developers at the Epic Corporation to create improved tools to support ordering of combination vaccines which satisfy multiple Health Maintenance Topics. The functionality will be informed by what we have hard coded at MetroHealth but will be informed by low-code modifications by subject matter experts at local sites.

Improved tracking of preventative care for Women’s Health

• New functionality to forecast Automated Breast Ultrasound (ABUS) for patients who need an additional test because of breast tissue density.
• Improved forecasting of Pap Smears based on the latest cervical cancer screening results.

Adolescent depression screening

• Forecast yearly PHQ2 starting at age 12 years with at least a 3-month gap between questionnaires.
• Make the questionnaire appear automagically in advance of the visit via MyChart, or on check-in (paper or kiosk).

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* - Board Certified in Clinical Informatics
** - Board Eligible in Clinical Informatics