Clinical Decision Support Systems

(CDSS)

HCI 111 By Dr. Khaled Ouanes Ph.D.Twitter: @khaled_ouanes

In Healthcare, Decision making is more difficult and

complex.

Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS)

Clinical decision-support systems directly

assist clinical professionals in data

interpretation and decision-making.

Clinical Decision SupportOnce the basic clinical components of an HCIS are well developed, clinical decision-support systems

can use the information stored there to:

Monitor patients and issue alerts

Make diagnostic suggestions

Provide limited therapeutic advice

Provide information on medication costs

Clinical Decision Support

These capabilities are particularly

useful when they are integrated with

other information-management

functions.

Clinical Decision Support

A CDSS is any software intended to assist in

clinical decision making. Characteristics of

individual patients will be matched to an

electronic knowledge base helping with the

generation of patient specific assessments,

advice or recommendations that are

subsequently presented to clinicians for

consideration.

Clinical Decision Support

Clinical Decision Support

Example:

A useful adjunct to computer-based physician order-entry (CPOE) is a decision support program

that alerts physicians to patient food or drug allergies; helps physicians to calculate patient-

specific drug-dosing regimens; performs advanced order logic…