TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinical decision support for colon and rectal surgery
T2 - An overview
AU - McCoy, Allison B.
AU - Melton, Genevieve B.
AU - Wright, Adam
AU - Sittig, Dean F.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Clinical decision support (CDS) has been shown to improve clinical processes, promote patient safety, and reduce costs in healthcare settings, and it is now a requirement for clinicians as part of the Meaningful Use Regulation. However, most evidence for CDS has been evaluated primarily in internal medicine care settings, and colon and rectal surgery (CRS) has unique needs with CDS that are not frequently described in the literature. The authors reviewed published literature in informatics and medical journals, combined with expert opinion to define CDS, describe the evidence for CDS, outline the implementation process for CDS, and present applications of CDS in CRS.CDS functionalities such as order sets, documentation templates, and order facilitation aids are most often described in the literature and most likely to be beneficial in CRS. Further research is necessary to identify and better evaluate additional CDS systems in the setting of CRS.
AB - Clinical decision support (CDS) has been shown to improve clinical processes, promote patient safety, and reduce costs in healthcare settings, and it is now a requirement for clinicians as part of the Meaningful Use Regulation. However, most evidence for CDS has been evaluated primarily in internal medicine care settings, and colon and rectal surgery (CRS) has unique needs with CDS that are not frequently described in the literature. The authors reviewed published literature in informatics and medical journals, combined with expert opinion to define CDS, describe the evidence for CDS, outline the implementation process for CDS, and present applications of CDS in CRS.CDS functionalities such as order sets, documentation templates, and order facilitation aids are most often described in the literature and most likely to be beneficial in CRS. Further research is necessary to identify and better evaluate additional CDS systems in the setting of CRS.
KW - clinical decision support systems
KW - colorectal surgery
KW - electronic health records
KW - patient safety
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U2 - 10.1055/s-0033-1333644
DO - 10.1055/s-0033-1333644
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84874397334
SN - 1531-0043
VL - 26
SP - 23
EP - 30
JO - Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery
JF - Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery
IS - 1
ER -