ABSTRACT
Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) are computer systems designed to assist clinicians
with patient-related decision making, such as diagnosis and treatment. Ever since the seminal To Err
Is Human [1] was published in 2000, CDSS (along with Computer-Based Physician Order Entry
systems) have become a crucial component in the evaluation and improvement of patient treatment.
CDSS have shown to improve both patient outcomes and cost of care. They have demonstrated to
minimize analytical errors by notifying the physician of potentially harmful drug interactions, and
their diagnostic procedures have been shown to enable more accurate diagnoses. There are a wide
variety of uses for CDSS in clinical practice. Some of the main uses include:
