This activity will explore legal risks and benefits of clinical decision support. You will review clinical alerts as CDS functions, as well as adverse drug reaction reports (ADRs) and how they may be used to establish standards and guidelines for physicians

HIM4650 Decision Support and Quality Management in Health Information Management.

Unit 7 Assignment  

Risks and Clinical Warnings

This activity will explore legal risks and benefits of clinical decision support. You will review clinical alerts as CDS functions, as well as adverse drug reaction reports (ADRs) and how they may be used to establish standards and guidelines for physicians. These reports can also be used to support the medical staff credentialing and re-credentialing process. 

Instructions

Complete the activity Risks and Clinical Warnings, in which you consider the actions of a physician, demonstrate documentation in an EHR, and make recommendations for physician performance requirements in relation to using EHR clinical decision functions. The recommendations and standards should coincide with physician order entry, medication warnings, and alerts.

Your completed activity must meet the following criteria:

Recognize threats to security as it relates to the internet, cybersecurity, and mobile devices.

Identify when a patient’s health information may be shared without written consent.

Describe strategies for developing new standards and guidelines to protect electronically accessible health information.

Describe the potential legal benefits, risks, and patient privacy issues in implementing a CDS system.

Describe the role that clinicians play in overriding information provided by a CDS system.