“Clinical decision support is a feature of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) that is felt to be central and crucial to contemporary, certified EHR technology.
In fact, both the Meaningful Use NPRM (notice of proposed rule-making) and the EHR Certification IFR (interim final rule) define a Qualified EHR as something that (A) includes patient demographic and clinical health information, such as medical history and problem lists; and (B) has the capacity to (i) provide clinical decision support, (ii) support physician order entry, (iii) capture and query information relevant to health care quality, and (iv) exchange electronic health information with, and integrate such information from other sources.”
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Robert Rowley, EHR Bloggers, 11 February 2010
