Clinical Decision Support Evaluation & Strategic Planning

As a health informatics consultant, you have been asked to research clinical decision support (CDS) tools for a local health organization. With the Advancing Care Information Program and the increasing need to provide increased care value, the appropriate use of CDS is an institutional priority. The current CDS available at the institution consists primarily of off-the-shelf drug interaction and drug-allergy alerting, which is the source of significant clinician complaints due to the rate of false-positive alerts. You have been asked to evaluate the current system and devise a strategic plan for CDS for the organization. You will create a presentation that covers the following criteria: Introduction & Objectives Identify the key evaluation question for this project. Describe the stakeholders. Identify & Describe CDS Tools. Describe the benefits of using CDS and how it supports decision making. Describe the approaches you would use to ensure that all aspects of patient care were considered when developing a CDS system. Discuss how you would prioritize the efforts of your CDS team. What theory is most appropriate; why? (Change theory, system theory, information theory and learning theory)