By William Hyman – The premise of Clinical Decision Support (CDS) is that automated patient specific “advice” can guide clinician practice toward improved patient care and ultimately better outcomes. A related value is better utilization of resources by avoiding unnecessary clinical activities that are potentially harmful, and/or expensive.
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By William Hyman – Draft legislation in the House related to the regulation of Clinical Decision Support software has been revived for 2015 as a component of the proposed Cures Act.
By Nancy Hudecek – In recent years, our ability to stream large amounts of data in real-time has improved dramatically. This enhancement can transform how clinicians offer care by sourcing unprecedented opportunities for clinical decision support. However, the capability to process, store, and display data in and of itself does not transform care.
In today’s digital world, electronic patient data is growing exponentially and moving faster than healthcare organizations can imagine. At the same time, clinicians suffer from information overload, and high-volume and increasingly complex clinical patient loads, alongside dwindling time and resources.
Clinicians want two things from data. On an individual patient level, they need to be able to see the data whenever and wherever they want – in a clean at-a-glance format and with essentially zero lag time.
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