Improving Outcomes with Clinical Decision Support: An Implementer's Guide

This implementer's guide provides a step-by-step roadmap on planning, implementing and monitoring a Clinical Decision Support (CDS) program for driving performance improvement. Chapters and appendixes cover the following topics:

• Identifying Stakeholders and Goals
  
• Cataloging Available Information Systems
  
• Selecting and Specifying CDS Interventions
  
• Specifying and Validating the Details, and Building the Interventions
  
• Putting Interventions into Action
  
• Measuring Results and Refining the Program
  
• Standards Pertinent to CDS
  
• Medico-legal Considerations with CDS
  
• Pilot Site Selection
  
• Additional Statistics and Reports for Evaluating Alerts
  

Packed full of practical guidance, Improving Outcomes with Clinical Decision Support: An Implementer's Guide contains real world examples, worksheets, rich links to supportive materials, plus a robust glossary of terms and acronyms. 2005.

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