CDS. Listen, Learn, Informed Choice.

How can we scale patient-caregiver engagement in CDS (Clinical Decision Support)? CDS as learning health systems. Interview with Lacy Fabian at MITRE and Ed Lomotan at AHRQ. CDS Connect a library of medical recommendations made useful for programming into electronic records, apps, and software so patients, caregivers, and clinicians can use them as they make choices together.

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We make decisions about our health every day, whether we name it a decision or not. Just this morning, it’s 11 am as I’m writing this intro, I’ve made many health decisions. At 2 am, I decided to get out of bed, eat something, and take ibuprofen for hip and leg pain. I chose waffles over granola for breakfast. I drank coffee rather than water to quench my thirst. We decided to drive to a boardwalk for a hike, and I decided to stop sooner than I’d have liked because I’m feeling weaker, and my balance is more unstable. I decided to stop taking high dose Biotin because my friend Cherie Binns, next week’s podcast guest, sent me some new research saying that Biotin has little or no effect on MS. Phew! 6 health care decisions I can remember in 12 hours.

According to HealthIT.gov, clinical decision support (CDS) provides clinicians, staff, patients, or other individuals with knowledge and person-specific information, intelligently filtered or presented at…