Again, in the last week, I have come across a few reports and news items which are worth passing on. These include first: AHRQ Awards $5 Million To Help Integrate Clinical Decision Support Technologies into Health Care Delivery Press Release Date: March 13, 2008 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS') Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has awarded $5 million for two new health information technology contracts that will focus on the development, adoption, implementation and evaluation of best practices using clinical decision support. Clinical decision support helps health professionals make informed patient care decisions. The Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, CT, have been selected to incorporate clinical decision support into widely used health IT products, demonstrate cross-platform utility, and establish lessons learned for clinical decision support implementation across the health IT...
This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
