title: Clinical decision support systems: perspectives in dentistry.
abstract: Clinical decision-support systems (CDSSs) are computer programs that are designed to provide expert support for health professionals making clinical decisions. The goal of these systems is to help health professionals analyze patient data and make decisions regarding diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of health problems. This article discusses the characteristics of such systems, addresses the challenges in developing them, identifies potential barriers for their use in clinical practice, and provides perspectives for the future.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Informatics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA. mendonca@dbmi.columbia.edu
authors.forename: Eneida A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Mendonça
mesh_terms: D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D003813:Dentistry; D006801:Humans; D008128:Logic; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic