AHRQ’s new teleconference on Clinical Decision Support

• October 27, 2008, from 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm Eastern Time
• Moderator: Jon White, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• Presenters:

· Ben-Tzion Karsh, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

· Ross Koppel, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania Department of Sociology, and Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine

· David F. Lobach, M.D., Ph.D., Division of Clinical Informatics, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University

• Sponsored by the AHRQ National Resource Center for Health IT
  

This is the second in a series of four free 90-minute Web conferences over the next few months that will focus on how clinical decision support—a clinical system, application, or process that helps health professionals make good patient care decisions—can be used to inform and improve health care delivery. Featured presenters are Ben-Tzion Karsh, Ph.D., M. S. I. E., University of Wisconsin Department of Industrial Engineering and Systems; Ross Koppel, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania Department of Sociology, and Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine; and David F. Lobach, M.D., Ph.D., Division of Clinical Informatics, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University. They will discuss existing evidence about the relationship between CDS and workflow, levels and stages, including findings regarding order sets and alerts, specific CDS implementations, their impact on workflow and share lessons learned from those implementations.

Select to register for the Web conference.