Background: Despite increasing emphasis on the role of clinical decision-support systems
(CDSSs) for improving care and reducing costs, evidence to support widespread use is …

Background: Experts consider health information technology key to improving efficiency and
quality of health care. Purpose: To systematically review evidence on the effect of health …

ContextDevelopers of health care software have attributed improvements in patient care to
these applications. As with any health care intervention, such claims require confirmation in …

Information technology can improve patient safety by preventing errors and facilitating rapid
response to adverse events. Computerized prescribing by physicians reduces the rate of …

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Background The opportunity to improve care by delivering decision support to clinicians at
the point of care represents one of the main incentives for implementing sophisticated …

Clinical decision support includes a variety of tools and interventions, computerized as well
as non-computerized. Non-computerized tools include clinical guidelines or digital clinical …

Context The association of an adult tele-intensive care unit (ICU) intervention with hospital
mortality, length of stay, best practice adherence, and preventable complications for an …

Background Although computerized physician order entry reduces medication errors among
inpatients, little is known about the use of this system in primary care. Methods We …

This paper reviews clinical decision support systems (CDSS) literature, with a focus on
evaluation. The literature indicates a general consensus that clinical decision support …