CDS (Clinical Decision Support)

To add, change, or override a patient’s Clinical Decision Support at the chart level, a user must have Can enable CDS Interventions selected in their user profile.

To view a Patient’s Clinical Decision Supports, go to Chart > CDS and click Retrieve.

The following information displays for all Clinical Decision Supports that apply to the patient:

• CDS: the name of the CDS
• Schedule: the Timing interval of the CDS
• Last Done: the date the Intervention required to satisfy the CDS was last performed
• Status: the due date of the CDS

Click on a CDS to view its criteria in the CDS Summary section.

A CDS can be added to a patient if there is a reason the patient should be included in CDS but does not fall into the defined population criteria (e.g., patient is considered high-risk or has a family history of disease).

1. Go to Chart > CDS
2. Click Custom
3. Click Select CDS
4. Select a Clinical Decision Support from the list and click OK

5. Type the rationale for adding the CDS in the Reason field

6. Optional: from the Population tab, adjust the Age Range or Gestation Age Range to ensure the patient’s age and gestation age (if applicable) fall within the range
7. Optional: from the Timing tab, adjust the interval for how often the CDS intervention must be performed
8. Click Add

The text “Chart Specific done on [date and time] by [user], Reason [reason provided]” will be added to the display in the CDS Summary when the CDS is selected.

1. Go to Chart > CDS
2. Click Retrieve
3. Select a Clinical Decision Support and click Change
4. Type the rationale for changing the CDS in the Reason field
5. Update any of the following criteria:
   1. Age Range, Gestation Age Range, or Preferred Language, from the Population tab
   2. Intervention interval from the Timing tab
6. Click Save

The text “Chart Specific done on [date and time] by [user], Reason [reason provided]” will be added to the display in the CDS Summary when the guideline is selected.

1. Go to Chart > CDS
2. Click Retrieve
3. Select a Clinical Decision Support and click Override
4. Type a Reason for overriding the Clinical Decision Support
5. Specify the amount of time the CDS will be suppressed by typing a number in the For: field and selecting a unit of time (Days, Months, Years)
6. Click OK

The text “Override done on [date and time] by [user] for [time], Reason [reason provided]” will be added to the display in the CDS Summary when the CDS is selected.

Creating Clinical Decision Support

Clinical Decision Support Reminder List Report

CDSI Report

Patient Reminders