Clinical Decision Support: Lessons From the Field on the Integration of Medical Intelligence and Information Technology
(1/30/2007) HCT Project Volume 4
By Stephen G. Patterson, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
William Bria, University of Michigan
Sandra French, B.A., R.N., B.C., Shriners Hospitals for Children
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The pursuit of clinical decision support shifts the focus of the EHR discussion from technology
to the consistent delivery of clinical knowledge at the point of care.
New and better ways to approach the introduction of CDS
into the EHR are beginning to take shape. An example of this
would be a CDS as a decision assistant that runs in the background
and incorporates human nature and behavior. Dr.
Howard Landa divides CDS into active and passive applications.
Active CDS interrupts work flow using applications such as popup
alerts, hard stops that require completed fields within orders,
and pager messages sent for panic lab values.
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