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. 2010 Nov 13:2010:672-6.

Multiple perspectives on the meaning of clinical decision support

Joshua E Richardson  1 , Joan S Ash, Dean F Sittig, Arwen Bunce, James Carpenter, Richard H Dykstra, Ken Guappone, Carmit K McMullen, Michael Shapiro, Adam Wright
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Multiple perspectives on the meaning of clinical decision support

Joshua E Richardson et al. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. .

Abstract

Clinical Decision Support (CDS) is viewed as a means to improve safety and efficiency in health care. Yet the lack of a consensus around what is meant by CDS represents a barrier to effective design, use, and utilization of CDS tools. We conducted a multi-site qualitative inquiry to understand how different people define and describe CDS. Using subjects' multiple perspectives we were able to gain new insights as to what stakeholders want CDS to achieve and how to achieve it; even at times when those perspectives are competing and conflicting.

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