Clinical Decision Support Systems Flashcards
1
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What are Clinical Decision Support Systems?
What is the importance?
A
- Computer algorithms
- ‘Execute’ rules
- link health observations with health knowledge to influence health choices by clinicians for improved health care
- promps clinicaan to do somrthing which would improve patient care
- Clinician prompted by system about a way to improve care
systems best form of evidence
2
Q
How does a typical CDSS work?
A
Electronic records coded instead of plain text
all clinical concept are coded as codes - as SNOMED CT
- if it has been coded, rules will be executed
3
Q
How used CDSS for weight obesity ?
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4
Q
Where are CDSS helpful?
A
- Electronic records coded instead of plain text
- They aim to improve patient care, by integrating health data with
computable knowledge - The current generation of systems rely on structured health data; execute rules, and prompt clinicians to take evidence-based decisions
- saftey enhancing alerts when prescribing
5
Q
Where are CDSS unhelpful?
A
- too many alerts
- when prescribing hard to decifer what is important
6
Q
What is the affect of badly designed CDSS?
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- Alert fatigue and difficult to use systems can lead to:
CDSS wasting time, confusing clinicians, and potentially worsening patient care.
* all comes up at once, hard to decifer what important
* important things get missed
