This week we learned about the potential benefits and drawbacks to clinical
decision support systems (CDSSs). Create a “Pros” versus “Cons” table with a column
for “Pro” and a separate column for “Con”. Include at least 3 items for each column.
Next to each item, provide a brief ...
1. This week we learned about the potential benefits and drawbacks to
clinical decision support systems (CDSSs). Create a “Pros” versus “Cons”
table with a column for “Pro” and a separate column for “Con”. Include at
least 3 items for each column. Next to each item, provide a brief rationale
as to why you included it on the respective list.
Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) aid in screening patient data
from various sources and then integrate that information into a single
source.
Benefit and drawbacks to Clinical Decision Support Systems
Pros Cons
Improved care. Doctors use Alert fatigue for clinicians. The
CDSS to diagnose and improve alerts triggered by a CDSS can
patient care by eliminating overwhelm caretakers who also
unnecessary testing, improving receive prompts from other
patient safety, and avoiding technology systems. In practice,
costly complications. 49% to 96% of alerts are
overridden, raising questions about
the effectiveness of decision
support (Ancker et al., 2017).
Allows for faster decision-making. Shift of responsibility - easy to
Increases the effectiveness of the blame computer. The danger can be
decisions made due to its capacity that the doctor gets used to just
to identify relevant data. The use filling boxes and not relying entirely
of clinical decision support on his/her knowledge when it
systems hence reduce the errors comes to providing treatment to a
promoting patient safety and patient who has multiple health
improving patient outcomes. conditions. It is best to be sure that
the doctor is the one who decides
on diagnosis and treatments.
Has been seen to improve May reduce skill in staff, because
collaboration and communication they become dependent on the
within groups. Helps communicate computers. If misused, it can be
with healthcare team immediately. detrimental to the patient's health.
Have the ability and tools to help Also, the danger can be that the
physicians and nurses make better doctor gets used to just filling
care decisions. For example, clinical boxes and not relying entirely on
decision support tools, like making his/her knowledge when it comes
medication recommendations to providing treatment to a patient
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