The American College of Lifestyle Medicine announces the integration of the first set of lifestyle behavior evaluation tools into epic electronic health files
The introduction of standardized measures to assess opportunities for change of lifestyle in EPIC, a national leader in electronic health file software, is an essential step in the complete integration of lifestyle medicine in clinical operations.
ST. Louis,, May 13, 2025 / Prnewswire / – The American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) and Epic, the market leader for electronic health files (DSE) in acute and ambulatory care environments, announced the integration of the first set of lifestyle medicine assessment in the EHR EPIC software. Resources related to lifestyle will become accessible in May to anyone using the most updated version of Epic software.
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New tools include ACLM lifestyle medicine assessment toola clinical survey to grasp patient life behavior and change preparation; ACLM ScreenThis helps clinicians quickly capture an image of the diet of a patient during routine medical appointments; The vital sign of physical activity (PAV) recommended by the Physical activity alliance to assess physical activity in adults; as well as additional tools to capture life behavior and change opportunities.
“As a leader in lifestyle medicine and clinical computer science, I am delighted to see the integration of surveys in lifestyle in our DSE system ECU healthDavid MichaelMD, Dipablm. “This progression will allow us to pass reactive care of” patients “to the proactive care of” health “, by taking advantage of new data at the point of care. The combination of data available on lifestyle opportunities, the ability to measure them over time, and the emerging power of artificial intelligence will considerably revolutionize the reduction of the team.
Lifestyle behavior are the main engines of chronic disease nationally. Approximately 80% of chronic conditions are attributed lifestyle factors as well as 90% of health expenses. Guidelines on clinical practice of chronic diseases for cardiovascular conditions, obesity, obstructive sleep apnea, diabetes, cancer, cognitive decline, polycytic ovarian syndrome and others cite the change in lifestyle as first -line treatment and effective preventive measures, as well as the necessary complement to other forms of treatment. However, therapeutic and intensive interventions on the therapeutic lifestyle remain underused due to factors such as educational gaps, poorly aligned payment and incentives, systemic barriers and time constraints.
The evaluation of opportunities for change of lifestyle is the first step towards the fight against their role in the treatment, remission and prevention of chronic diseases. He is also one of basic skills lifestyle medicine. The evaluation offers clinicians the possibility of initiating significant conversations around lifestyle, measuring progress and recommending lifestyle interventions based on evidence in the context of a care plan.
“It is so important that we can have standardized measures for the evaluation in DSEs to support clinicians, improve patient care and health results, complete our national surveillance systems and continue to seek the importance of national lifestyle behavior to treat, reverse and prevent diseases” American Heart Association National Vice-President of Political Research and Translation and Administration for Adversaries Laurie Whitssel, PHD, Faha.
Health care organizations can work with their epic analyst to access the lifestyle assessment tools.
“Epic is proud to join the American College of Lifestyle Medicine to deliver high quality tools, including evaluations developed in collaboration,” said Epic Mychart Quality Manager Luke Eberhardy. “These resources will allow clinicians to better understand the status of patients through the keys to life pillars.
About ACLM® The American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) is the company of national medical professionals which advances the field of lifestyle medicine as the basis of a redesigned health care, value and equitable health care system, essential to achieve the five -time objective and the health of the whole person. ACLM represents, advocates, leads, certifies and teams its members to identify and eradicate the deep cause of chronic disease by optimizing modifiable risk factors. The ACLM fills the gaping emptiness of lifestyle medicine in medical education, offering more than 1.2 million hours of training in living medicine to doctors and other health professionals, since 2004, while progressing research, clinical practice and reimbursement strategies.
