Clinical Decision Support (CDS) is defined broadly as a clinical system, application or process that helps health professionals make clinical decisions to enhance patient care. Clinical knowledge of interest could range from simple facts and relationships to best practices for managing patients with specific disease states, new medical knowledge from clinical research and other types of information.
The CDS topic area of himss.org covers the latest trends and news, and it also provides cases studies, and a range of resources and tools for healthcare professionals, researchers and administrators, such as strategies for success, financial considerations and more.
For more information regarding CDS, please contact David Collins.
Clinical Engineering Collaboration Web Site Launches
The new Clinical Engineering/IT (CEIT) community, made possible by a joint effort between AAMI, ACCE, and HIMSS, launched its new Web site today. The collaboration aims to pool resources on IT issues and develop guidance documents, share best practices, and promote an understanding of the issues surrounding the integration of IT and clinical engineering. The new site features more in-depth details about the joint effort and how to get involved.
Aetna Helps Patients, Physicians Improve Outcomes with New Online Capabilities
Health care benefit company Aetna announced several new online features and services aimed at physicians which will provide prescribing and clinical decision support through the Web. Consumer PHR tools will also be rolled out to Aetna members later this year.
