Barriers to Widespread Adoption of a Clinical Decision Support System

Barriers to Widespread Adoption of a Clinical Decision Support System
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The paper critically evaluates various issues that act as barriers to the widespread adoption of CDSS. The importance of CDSS is briefly explained, and the reason why it continues to be introduced in different healthcare organizations is also explained. Barriers such as fear of misinterpretation of clinical datasets and fear that the system is complex to use are also extensively discussed. The paper also discusses how fear of risk and liability due to the uptake of CDSS and lack of societal acceptance hinders clinicians from adopting this system. Furthermore, the paper also describes how adequate training, creating an organizational culture that encourages the adoption of new systems, and the involvement of clinicians in the creation and implementation phases of CDSS could contribute to its widespread adoption. It also concludes by demonstrating the necessity and importance of CDSS getting used in the medical field.
Barriers to Widespread Adoption of a Clinical Decision Support System
 The clinical decision support system (CDSS) continues to be introduced in different countries with the aim of improving medical care. CDSS plays an integral role in providing essential information and knowledge in a healthcare facility, and this aids in enhancing healthcare provision. The adoption of CDSS has a lot of benefits for the medical field since it reduces the unnecessary variation that tends to arise in clinical practice (Ford et al., 2021, p.9). Additionally, it also aids in ensuring that there is an increase in individuals adhering to evidence-based medical knowledge. However, despite the many benefits that come with the use of CDSS in hospitals, there are still various key barriers to the widespread adoption of this system (Musen, 2021, p.801). Yang (2019,p.9) depicts that a significant number of healthcare providers continue to oppose the adoption of CDSS, claiming that they have better judgment when dealing with complex conditions than taking guidelines from a system. The paper will discuss how legal issues, physician beliefs when dealing with complex medical cases, accountability needed when using CDSS, computer literacy, and clinicians' attitudes towards scientific guidelines are key barriers to the widespread adoption of CDSS.
Assumption that CDSS may not fit into the routine work of a clinician
A significant percentage of clinicians have a negative attitude toward the use of CDSS, and this has continued to act as a hindrance to its widespread adoption. First, the poor attitude is because the medical practitioner deems accessing CDSS a cumbersome process (Ford et al., 2021, p.12). It is deemed cumbersome due to its complexity. When using this system, a healthcare practitioner needs to run back and forth from one computer station to another before fully completing a diagnosis. Consequently, with the heavy workload that practitioners have, most of them deem this system ineffective, which continues to act as a barrier to its adoption. Secondly, Zhang (2020, p.295) portrays that most clinicians believe they have better experience dealing with medical matters tha...