Description: This module will provide you with the different definitions for CDS and Meaningful Use based on how HIMSS and CMS define the concepts.
Action Steps
- Review HIMSS definition of Clinical Decision Support
- Improving Outcomes with CDS. HIMSS. 2012
- “A process for enhancing health-related decisions and actions with pertinent, organized clinical knowledge and patient information to improve health and healthcare delivery.”
- Review CMS definition of Clinical Decision Support
- Meaningful Use Definition:
- “HIT functionality that builds upon the foundation of an EHR to provide persons involved in care processes with general and person-specific, information, intelligently filtered and organized, at the appropriate times, to enhance health and health care.”
More Information on the Topic:
HIMSS CDS Guidebook Excerpts
Source: CDS Guidebook, Chapter 1: Basic Concepts and Approach
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