title: Clinical decision support systems and infection prevention: to know is not enough.
abstract: Clinical decision support (CDS) systems are an increasingly used form of technology designed to guide health care providers toward established protocols and best practices with the intent of improving patient care. Utilization of CDS for infection prevention is not widespread and is particularly focused on antimicrobial stewardship. This article provides an overview of CDS systems and summarizes key attributes of successfully executed tools. A selection of published reports of CDS for infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship are described. Finally, an individual organization describes its CDS infrastructure, process of prioritization, design, and development, with selected highlights of CDS tools specifically targeting common infection prevention quality improvement initiatives.
authors: Department of Infection Control, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL; Department of Quality Improvement, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL. Electronic address: marcoliverwright@gmail.com.
authors: Marc-Oliver
authors: MO
authors: Wright
authors: Department of Infection Control, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL; Department of Clinical Analytics, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL; Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
authors: Ari
authors: A
authors: Robicsek
mesh_terms: D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control
keywords: Clinical decision support; Human factors; Information technology