The next generation of clinical decision support: linking evidence to best practice.
Growing evidence indicates that the integration of clinical decision support (CDS) into the computer-based patient record (CPR) can decrease medical errors, enhance patient safety, decrease unwanted practice variation, and improve patient outcomes. Two case studies are presented of advanced CDS systems that go beyond basic integration with the CPR to truly support clinician decision making.
D019985:Benchmarking; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D003954:Diagnostic Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004363:Drug Utilization; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005544:Forecasting; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D008922:Mississippi; D009864:Ontario; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D018511:Systems Integration