Decision Support
After two years of redesign, the Regenstrief Institute has unveiled an update to its pioneer clinical decision support system with more than just a modern look. Regenstrief researchers demonstrated what the new system can do at the annual American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) symposium on Nov. 5.
The American Medical Informatics Association argues that when it comes to oversight of clinical decision support systems, the most critical factor in determining the risk classification of different types of software is whether the CDS is mediated by a human being or not.
Humana has formed an alliance with Allscripts to provide eligible physician practices with incentives for implementing EHR technology that enables delivery of advanced clinical-decision support at the point of care.
GE Healthymagination and Healthline Networks have launched a new online search tool of the human body for consumers.
DiagnosisONE, the clinical decision support and analytics firm, has announced that Greenway Medical Technologies has selected the company to provide clinical decision support for its EHR deployments.
New research from the National Quality Forum (NQF) supports the use of effective IT tools and promotes clinical decision support. The two reports, Driving Quality: A Model to Measure Electronic Health IT Use and Driving Quality and Performance Measurement: A Foundation for Clinical Decision Support, also delve into ways to measure health IT use.
Clinical decision support systems can help reduce inappropriate medical imaging, including unnecessary computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, according to a recent study.
Although a new study finds "uneven" effort being applied to implementing clinical decision support in CPOE, some hospitals are setting the bar for its use, and this is good news that should not be overlooked, says one of the authors of the study.
CHRISTUS Health, a Dallas-base healthcare system, has implemented five new clinical decision support systems in order to improve care.
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Soceity has deployed a new wiki to allow healthcare organizations to collaborate on realizing the full potential of clinical decision support solutions.
