Vol 40, (8) 561-562
Improving clinical decision support tools – challenges and a way forward
Michelle Sweidan BPharm, MPH, is E-Health Team Leader, NPS: Better choices, Better health, Melbourne, Victoria.
James Reeve BPharm, PhD, is Manager, e-Health & Decision Support, NPS: Better choices, Better health, Melbourne, Victoria
Jonathan Dartnell BPharm, PhD, is Executive Manager, Innovation & Learning, NPS: Better choices, Better health, Melbourne, Victoria
Stephen Phillips MBBS, is Chair, NPS Decision Support Advisory Group, and a general practitioner, Maroochydore, Queensland.
Would you prescribe a drug without regulatory approval, for which the safety and efficacy are unknown? Unlikely. Would you use a clinical practice guideline that is not endorsed by a peak body, with no accessible evidence for its recommendations and with its authorship unknown? Unlikely. Do you currently use decision support tools in your prescribing software that have not been evaluated or accredited, with unknown or variable quality and reliability? Very likely.
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