CDS Task Force
The goal of this task force is the architecting of services functional to the implementation of Clinical Decision Support
Clinical Decision Support
Clinical Decision Support (CDS) is a particular type of knowledge-driven application. In a broad sense, it encompasses
every service that provides in-context clinical guidance for an agent (provider, patient, but also software).
In a more narrow and classic sense, it refers to the ability to generate recommendations / alerts / reminders about
what could be done to (including order sets) or gathered from (including structured documentation) a patient.
There is a variety of CDS and CDS-related artifacts, and a number of ways to express them.
TBD - a standard taxonomy of CDS artifacts
CDS Implementation Techniques
While CDS is often derived from (business) rules and implemented as (ECA) rules, CDS services are often but not necessarily
implemented using rule engines in their backend.
However, it is important to remember that rule engines can be used for other purposes, and that rule engines are neither
necessary nor sufficient for a CDS implementation. For example, most CDS services also require a terminology capability,
either provided internally or outsourced to an external service.
CDS As a Service
In a Service-oriented approach, CDS is executed statelessly. It is a responsibility of the client to provide enough context and information
for the CDS service to apply the knowledge
Related links
- CQF on FHIR
- CQF Code Repository
- HL7 DSS standard
- SoF "hooks"
- Slides by Claude Nanjo : "hooks" on DSS - CDSHooks.pptx
- Slides by Claude Nanjo : "hooks" on DSS - CDSHooks.pptx
Core CDS architecture and canonical service dependencies (in alignment with the core of the CDS Collaboratory architecture)