KLAS: Gaps Still Exist With Clinical Decision Support

KLAS Says CDS Tools Still Need to Make the Leap

Although providers are able to leverage clinical evidence from third-party clinical decision support vendors, improvements with EMR and workflow integration are still needed, according to a new report from KLAS — Clinical Decision Support 2012: Order Sets, Care Plans, Drug Databases. The research addresses the challenges that providers have to stay current with a growing [...]

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KLAS Finds Workflow, Alert Fatigue Hamper CDS Growth

Alert Fatigue CDS Stumbling Block

Poor integration with clinical workflow is the “Achilles heel” hindering clinical-decision support success, according to a new KLAS report, Clinical Decision Support 2011: Understanding the Impact. Additionally, many reported issues with alert fatigue, describing it as an “overly sensitive mess.” KLAS also stated most tools did well in one of these main arenas, but rarely [...]

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