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Clinical decision support (CDS)

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Clinical decision support (CDS)

Why and how these systems are used in health care organizations and specific practice settings

They are mainly used for the purpose of intervening in nursing practices as it aids in augmenting the knowledge that is required to improve the care of patients (Glaser, 2008). In addition it also enables clinicians and medical practitioners to make prudent decisions when providing care to their patients.

An article on a specific CDS system that has recently been researched, implemented, or evaluated

One key article in the area was authored by Murphy (2012) which was a retrospective study that looked into 69 patients who had suffered from diabetes. The primary aim of the article was to determine whether the risk to patients is consistent which enables clinicians to determine how the ulceration develops.

Requirements and guidelines that influence the design of the CDS system

The various determinants of the CDS system include the reliability of the system, the practicability, the accuracy and the ease of use.

The benefits of using this CDS system in a practice setting

CDS enables medical practitioners to treat their parents with concrete evidence on their part. The treatment is mainly based on the experience they have received in this field and also from the information got from the patients. The system addresses various organizational, legal, or practice-related needs and issues for instance through reminders that provide guidelines to the medical practitioners on the needed kind of treatment that they can give to their patients and also the necessary actions that can be taken in order to maintain that level of treatment (McMaster University, 2012). Some of the practice-related problems that the system could cause include override capabilities whereby the system overrides other systems, alerts that are fewer that the needed number and fatigue but nonetheless, it still remains one of the most effective systems in the medical world today.

References

Glaser, J. (2008). Clinical decision support: The power behind the electronic health record. Healthcare Financial Management, 62(7), 46–48, 50–51.

McMaster University. (2012). Evidence-based practice resources. Retrieved fromhttp://hsl.mcmaster.ca/resources/topic/eb/