Mine Big Data To Advance Clinical Decision Support

By Barry Chaiken, MD, FHIMSS; CMO, DocsNetwork

Although much effort focuses on the improvement of clinical workflows, an opportunity exists to transform healthcare delivery by implementing evidence-based clinical decision support at the point of care. Clinical content delivered effectively within new, efficient clinical workflows can aid in directing patients toward evidence-based therapeutic plans that produce desired clinical and financial outcomes. While informaticists work on developing these clinical workflows, the lack of clinical knowledge limits the ability of organizations to leverage HIT in order to personalize therapeutic care plans.