Clinical decision support is about using the right trigger, to the right person, with the right instructions, with the intent to ensure that the person is making the right decision. The purpose of this assignment is to describe the different types of clinical decision support and determine the outcomes of applied clinical decision support.

Using the topic resources and your own research, write a 500-750-word paper addressing the following:

1. What are the different types of clinical decision support?
2. Describe at least three different types of clinical decision support that could be used in a health care setting, or provide a personal workplace example.
3. Using the examples you have provided (above), identify the triggers that would initiate the criteria for clinical decision support.
4. Using the same examples, outline the who, what, when, and how instructions of a clinical decision support enhancement.
5. Describe the outcomes of the clinical decision support application.

Cite at least two scholarly resources in your response.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

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Clinical decision support (CDS) is health data that provide patients, staff, health care practitioners, and other members with knowledge and specific information about an individual presented accurately and at the right time to improve health and health care. There is an increasing amount of data for patients and research information in every health care.  However, nowadays, electronic health records help physicians manage the rising data records of patients.

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