Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS)

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The technological developments that have occurred over the years have resulted in many changes in healthcare organizations in different aspects. These advancements have meant new applications of technology in clinical alerts on admissions, discharges, screens, and medications. Specifically, Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) has emerged to be an essential tool to improve quality and has allowed organizations to consider new cost-saving methods in care provision (Vardell & Moore, 2011). A barrier that I face in developing a problem statement for a topic on CDSS is that there is a wide array of perspectives and research, and this makes it harder to come up with a topic that is specific rather than generalized. Another issue is that the problem statement can also be oversimplified. As a result, it will be harder to have comprehensive research (Vardell & Moore, 2011). Another barrier is that there has been a wide array of clinical innovations that have occurred over the years, but very few have focused on some of the causes of problems with CDSS. This makes it harder to come up with a good problem definition.
For the first barrier, a mitigating measure includes generating a vast number of problem statements and then selecting the right one. Once I have a wid...