October 21, 1998
Effects of computer-based clinical decision support systems on physician performance and patient outcomes: a systematic review.
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Implication
Systematic review reveals clinical decision support systems improve physician dosing and preventive care performance, indicating major gaps in diagnostic efficacy and patient outcome data.
Key Points
- To evaluate the impact of computer-based clinical decision support systems (CDSSs) on physician performance and patient health outcomes.
- Systematic review of published clinical studies examining computer-based clinical decision support systems across various medical domains.
- CDSSs enhance clinical performance in drug dosing, preventive care, and other aspects of routine medical care.
- CDSS interventions show unconvincing evidence for diagnostic improvement, and their effects on patient outcomes remain insufficiently studied.
Cite This Study
Hunt et al. (1998) studied this question.