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Debra Ketchell, MLS |
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ABSTRACT
Clinical Decision Support (CDS) refers broadly
to providing clinicians or patients with clinical
knowledge and patient-related information, intelligently
filtered or presented at appropriate times, to
enhance patient care. Clinical knowledge of interest
ranges from simple facts and relationships to best
practices for managing patients with specific disease
states, new medical knowledge from clinical research
and other types of information. Delivering one
or more specific pieces of clinical knowledge to
an individual at a specific time requires both
the right content and the appropriate logistics.
There are different types of CDS interventions:
templates, proactive order sets, guidelines, protocols,
templates and reference information. This seminar
will focus on integration of reference information
into the workflow of clinicians at the point of
care. Examples will illustrate methods, barriers,
developing standards and other implementation issues
using examples drawn from the University of Washington
and opportunities at Stanford.
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