Clinical decision systems are computer based that have been in the market to improve the quality of care and the efficiency of care by a variety of settings enabled in the system. As its widely been implemented across the globe, it is crucial to understand how clinical decision system has been designed and used. It is always beneficial for us to compare two clinical decision system to check what kinds of flexibility each tool gives.…
Wager, K. A., Wickham Lee, F., & Glaser, J. P. (2009). Health Care Information Systems: A Practical Approach for Health Care Management (2nd ed.). Retrieved from The University of Phoenix eBook Collection database.…
The quality of patient care, communication between health care staff, and the safety of patients has greatly improved since the onset of technology. Through the improvement of information technology, the ability to collect data and manage the decisions based on the data collected has enhanced in the clinical setting as well as in the business portion. Health care informatics incorporates theories from informational science, computer science, and cognitive science (Englebardt & Nelson, 2002). This information helps to gather and process it in order to make an informed decision.…
Read the following patient scenarios. Use the tables to identify and explain at least one to two clinical decision support tools that could be used in each scenario. Your explanations should be 50 to 150 words each.…
The introduction of information systems in health care industry has made enormous development in patient care and satisfaction. The interoperability of the different systems with in a organization is important to achieve effectiveness of the system. The process of developing and integrating the information system is time consuming, complex and costly. This paper is a report submitted by an informatics director to the chief operating officer of an organization proposing a solution to solve the communication problems within the information system.…
Clinical Decision Support (CDS) is not a new concept, it has been around for more than 30 years (Brino, 2014). Brino (2014) reports that even with the most sophisticated information technology (IT), reasoning is difficult for computers. Computers operate best with a set of standard rules. CDS tools should not diagnose; diagnosing should remain in the purview of the physician due to the complexity inherent with diagnosing.…
Health care communication technology is rapidly advancing. New modes of communication in the health care arena are making it easier for the patient and the physician to communicate in a more effective manner. With the technological advancements that have taken place over the past decade, communication has evolved from handwritten charts to completely paperless electronic communication. Whereas before, correspondence could have taken days or weeks, information can now be transmitted in a matter of seconds. The implementation of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) has allowed patients to be involved in their health care, the system enables physicians to record…
Electronic information such as decision support tools is useful in clinical settings. Reference materials, protocols, and guidelines are provided in decision based scenarios. Providers are able to talk about important variations from a clinical pathway. There are also graphic displays that clinicians can use to see laboratory results on smart phones and/or mobile…
1. What is Clinical Decision Support and how does it benefit and/or limit the use of information when caring for patient? Clinical Decision Support provides specific information to health care staffs regarding a patient health care record, and this support system will help provide good quality care to the patient. This system has many different tools to help the health care provider an easy ways to care for the patient such as alert system, clinical guidelines, templates, and even more. With this system, I think it benefit the patient care by simply an easy communication for the staffs that are caring for that patient.…
Lavin, M, Harper, E., Barr, N., (2015), stated that some of the benefits of EHR system is that as a documentation tool it serves in the provision of data which are useful in enhancing patient safety, evaluating care quality, maximizing efficiency, and measuring staffing needs. An effective EHR system serves to facilitate patient safety and quality improvement by utilizing checklists, alerts, and predictive tools. In additional, embedded in the systems are clinical guidelines that promote standardized of practice that are evidence-based, the ability to do elec-tronic prescribing and test ordering that are effective in reducing errors and redundancy. Cues in the EHR software ensure essential information is recorded and fewer mistakes are made,…
Kortteisto, Komulainen, Mäkelä, Kunnamo, and Kaila (2012) stated that since the dawn of information technology in healthcare, the ultimate goals have been to help clinicians in their decision making process to prevent errors, to maximize efficiency, to enable evidence-based care, and ultimately to improve health and healthcare. Gradually, tools that support the clinical decision making process have been generally designed as clinical decision support systems (CDSS). According to O'Connor et al. (2011), the informatics nurse specialist (INS) understand the concepts and technology of nursing information management and can provide operational and strategic benefits to nursing organizations, such as seen through the implementation of the electronic…
Also, Nurses and physicians work long hours and being fatigued; it is easy to make mistakes. Advances in health information technology have improved patient safety, through the smarter design of clinical alerts. Healthcare in the United States is constantly evolving to provide safe and quality care while decreasing the incidence of medical errors. Hickcock (2011) agree while clinical decision support should not replace a provider's intuition, judgment or knowledge, it can complement the clinician's skills and improve the quality of care…
They found that stakeholders should be consulted from a bottom-up, clinical needs approach first because they will be the heaviest users of the system. This means physicians, nurses, certified nursing assistants, billers, lab workers, and pharmacy employees need to have significant input into selecting what aspects are most important. The number one reason for implementation failure is inadequate involvement of line-worker clinicians (Rozenblum et al., 2001). Therefore, the informatics team must work very closely with these…
References: Wager, K. A., Lee, F. W., & Glaser, J. P. (2009). Health care information systems, a practical approach for health care management. (2nd ed.). Jossey-Bass Inc Pub.…
A CDSS is a technology system that consists of a variety of tools that aid providers in key decision making in patient care. Providers can use the system to key in pertinent patient data as well as clinical symptoms and receive guidance on proper clinic-based decision making. Addison, Whitcombe, & Glover (2012) found that health care providers that use a CDSS can gain quicker access to important medical diagnostic and plan of care information in providing high quality patient care and improving patient outcomes. While the recent vast inflation of medical textbook information can lead any provider to go into information overload, electronic resources can help synthesize patient-related information and provide clinical guidance in the decision-making process with patient clinical encounters. (Addison et al., 2012).…