Clinical decision support systems have come a long way from their early implementations in the 1970s. As stand-alone systems that were expensive to build and difficult to use — and given the legal and ethical resistance at the time to using computers to practice medicine — CDSSs tended to be restricted to “academic pursuits,” as a Nature article put it.
Decades later, these systems integrate with other clinical applications, run in browsers or on mobile devices, and support clinical teams in a variety of care settings, from the intensive care unit to primary care.
Two trends have pushed the…
Decades later, these systems integrate with other clinical applications, run in browsers or on mobile devices, and support clinical teams in a variety of care settings, from the intensive care unit to primary care.
Two trends have pushed the…
