Clinical Decision Support System
For this assignment, take the position as the nursing information technology consultant for a health care organization. The organization wants to learn more about a computerized clinical decision support system (CDSS), either for purchase or for strategizing about how they can use their existing CDSS application more efficiently and effectively. The CDSS you select for this project may be one you are familiar with and have used, or one from a vendor site that provides advanced nursing practice decision support in a health care managerial, administrative, research, or clinical area.
Clinical decision support system (CDSS) Description (25 points):
Describe the problem (the difference between a perceived condition and a desired condition) the computerized CDSS is being considered or currently used to solve in the health care setting of your choice. Include background information and rationale as to why this CDSS was selected to solve the problem.
Explain the functional components and structures of the CDSS.
Include:
vendor name and location on the Web systems architecture/configuration and how it works
Analyze market penetration/saturation and provide evidence with response. Assess whether the CDSS supports advanced nursing practice decision making by specifying the objectives and key decisions to be supported by the CDSS
Organization Utilization of CDSS (30 points):
Identify the health care setting in which the CDSS is being used as well as potential areas of expansion.
Describe the organizational stakeholders who will purchase, influence, or champion the product’s implementation and ongoing support. Discuss any problems encountered at the agency with regards to:
Positions held in the organization.
Scope of their authority to make decisions regarding the CDSS.
Role these people have in the identification of the problem.
Describe the organizational end user who will be impacted by the implementation of the product and how support for adoption will be garnered.
Predict how the CDSS will integrate into existing clinical workflow.
Include:
Risks
Benefits
Technical Implications of CDSS (25 points):
Identify the required and optional data and data sources used for the CDSS.
Describe the integration points of the software.
Appraise the deployment model and its risks and benefits.
