title: A pragmatic approach to implementing best practices for clinical decision support systems in computerized provider order entry systems.
abstract: Incorporation of clinical decision support (CDS) capabilities is required to realize the greatest benefits from computerized provider order entry (CPOE) systems. Discussions at a conference on CDS in CPOE held in San Francisco, California, June 21-22, 2005 produced several papers in this issue of JAMIA. The first paper reviews CDS for electronic prescribing within CPOE systems; (1) the second describes current controversies regarding creation, maintenance, and uses of CPOE order sets for CDS; (2) and the third presents issues related to certification as a potential means of validating CPOE systems for widespread use. (3) This manuscript summarizes all of the discussions at the meeting and provides a pragmatically oriented view of how to implement CPOE with CDS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ 07601, USA. pgross@humed.com
authors.forename: Peter A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Gross
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Bates
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification; D003658:Decision Making, Computer-Assisted; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D050316:Medical Order Entry Systems / Q000592:standards; D009936:Organizational Innovation