Table 1.

Analytic framework for action (AFA)

Phases of AFA lifecycle	Application to PC CDS
Prioritizing	Applying objective measures of evidence for identifying and prioritizing evidence-based findings that are to be transformed and disseminated via PC CDS, assessing, or defining their capacity for implementation, and defining stewardship and governance requirements.
Authoring	Applying accepted data and knowledge standards for translating findings into one or more PC CDS intervention types that support key decisions, actions, and communications that are essential to ensuring that the finding improves care and outcomes.
Implementing	Applying standardized, best practice methods and architectures for operationalizing PC CDS interventions into clinical workflows that deliver the right information to the right users in the right formats through the right channels at the right times (“CDS Five Rights”).10
Measuring	Ensuring that PC CDS interventions measurably improve clinician and patient decision-making, care processes, and outcomes.
External Factors	External factors including the marketplace, policy, legal, and governance issues that impact development, dissemination, and implementation processes for PC CDS.