NR 599 Week 5 clinical decision support systems (CDSSs).
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.
Pros of CDSS Rationale Cons of CDSS Rationale
Decreased Healthcare Alert or When to many
Medication Errors providers will be Alarm Fatigue alarm
alerted, when a alerts/notification
patient has s pop-up
possible drug to healthcare
drug interaction providers begin
or allergy to to dismiss these
medication alerts
classification. disregarding the
importance of
the alert itself
(Sutton et al,.
2020).
Quality of care In the CDSS Cost Setting up/
improvements system all care switching to and
can be organized from different
for patients and CDSS system can
disseminated be costly for
between healthcare
healthcare organizations.
providers These
efficiently. This organization
can lead to must analyze
decreased initial cost to
medication long-term cost to
errors, increased determine
client compliance effectiveness
with care. and need.
Prevention of CDSS systems User-Friendly Usage of CDSS
duplicate testing alert users to also depends
or Lab work duplicate orders, on useability.
that may have Healthcare
impact of providers range
patient safety in age and
and health. For computer
example, a literacy,
patient that has programs aren’t
had A CT always designed
scan with to meet the
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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.
Pros of CDSS Rationale Cons of CDSS Rationale
Decreased Healthcare Alert or When to many
Medication Errors providers will be Alarm Fatigue alarm
alerted, when a alerts/notification
patient has s pop-up
possible drug to healthcare
drug interaction providers begin
or allergy to to dismiss these
medication alerts
classification. disregarding the
importance of
the alert itself
(Sutton et al,.
2020).
Quality of care In the CDSS Cost Setting up/
improvements system all care switching to and
can be organized from different
for patients and CDSS system can
disseminated be costly for
between healthcare
healthcare organizations.
providers These
efficiently. This organization
can lead to must analyze
decreased initial cost to
medication long-term cost to
errors, increased determine
client compliance effectiveness
with care. and need.
Prevention of CDSS systems User-Friendly Usage of CDSS
duplicate testing alert users to also depends
or Lab work duplicate orders, on useability.
that may have Healthcare
impact of providers range
patient safety in age and
and health. For computer
example, a literacy,
patient that has programs aren’t
had A CT always designed
scan with to meet the
This study source was downloaded by 100000851646087 from CourseHero.com on 02-08-2023 05:30:20 GMT -06:00
https://www.coursehero.com/file/178556315/This-week-we-learned-about-the-potential-benefits-and-drawbacks-to-clinical-decision-support-systems/
