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A '''[[clinical decision support system]]''' ('''CDSS''') is a "computer [system] designed to impact clinician decision making about individual patients at the point in time these decisions are made." As such, it can be viewed as a knowledge management tool used to further clinical advice for patient care based on multiple items of patient data. In the early days, CDSSs were conceived of as being used to literally make decisions for the clinician. The clinician would input the information and wait for the CDSS to output the "right" choice, and the clinician would simply act on that output. However, the modern methodology involves the clinician interacting with the CDSS at the point of care, utilizing both their own knowledge and the CDSS to produce the best diagnosis from the test data. Typically, a CDSS suggests avenues for the physician to explore, and the physician is expected to use their own knowledge and judgement to narrow down possibilities.
'''[[Health information technology]] (HIT)''' is the application of "hardware and software in an effort to manage and manipulate health data and information." HIT acts as a framework for the comprehensive management of health information originating from consumers, providers, governments, and insurers in order to improve the overall state of health care. Among those improvements, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) of the United States believes HIT can reduce or eliminate errors from medical transcription, reduce the number of diagnostic tests that get duplicated, and improve patient outcomes and service efficiency among other things.


CDSSs can be roughly divided into two types: those with knowledge bases and those without. The knowledge-based approach typically covers the diagnosis of many different diseases, while the non-knowledge-based approach often focuses on a narrow list of symptoms, such as symptoms for a single disease. ('''[[Clinical decision support system|Full article...]]''')<br />
The "technology" of "health information technology" represents computers, software, and communications infrastructure that can be networked to create systems for manipulating health information. As such, the science of [[Informatics (academic field)|informatics]] and its focus on information processing and systems engineering is also integral to the development, application, and evaluation of HIT. In particular the subdivision of [[health informatics]], which focuses on the resources, devices, and methods required for optimizing the acquisition, storage, retrieval, and use of information in health and biomedicine, is most relevant. However, other subdivisions of informatics such as [[medical informatics]], [[public health informatics]], [[pharmacoinformatics]], and [[translational research informatics]] are able to inform health informatics from different disciplinary perspectives. ('''[[Health information technology|Full article...]]''')<br />


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''Recently featured'': [[Clinical decision support system]], [[Medical practice management system]], [[Biodiversity informatics]]

Revision as of 14:45, 6 July 2015

Health information technology (HIT) is the application of "hardware and software in an effort to manage and manipulate health data and information." HIT acts as a framework for the comprehensive management of health information originating from consumers, providers, governments, and insurers in order to improve the overall state of health care. Among those improvements, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) of the United States believes HIT can reduce or eliminate errors from medical transcription, reduce the number of diagnostic tests that get duplicated, and improve patient outcomes and service efficiency among other things.

The "technology" of "health information technology" represents computers, software, and communications infrastructure that can be networked to create systems for manipulating health information. As such, the science of informatics and its focus on information processing and systems engineering is also integral to the development, application, and evaluation of HIT. In particular the subdivision of health informatics, which focuses on the resources, devices, and methods required for optimizing the acquisition, storage, retrieval, and use of information in health and biomedicine, is most relevant. However, other subdivisions of informatics such as medical informatics, public health informatics, pharmacoinformatics, and translational research informatics are able to inform health informatics from different disciplinary perspectives. (Full article...)


Recently featured: Clinical decision support system, Medical practice management system, Biodiversity informatics

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