{"id":3151,"date":"2016-09-23T12:12:09","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T12:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/?p=3151"},"modified":"2017-11-13T10:05:16","modified_gmt":"2017-11-13T10:05:16","slug":"improving-clinical-practice-using-clinical-decision-support-systems-a-systematic-review-of-trials-to-identify-features-critical-to-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/improving-clinical-practice-using-clinical-decision-support-systems-a-systematic-review-of-trials-to-identify-features-critical-to-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Improving clinical practice using clinical decision support systems: a systematic review of trials to identify features critical to success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\"><strong>Key findings<\/strong><\/p><br \/>\r\nThis systematic review examined the ability of decision support systems to improve clinical practice and sought the presence of 15 decision support system features whose usefulness had been suggested in the literature. Decision support was found to have improved clinical practice in about two-thirds of the 70 included trials.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-medium fasc-type-flat\" style=\"background-color: #33809e; color: #ffffff;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/330\/7494\/765\">Read more<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key findings This systematic review examined the ability of decision support systems to improve clinical practice and sought the presence of 15 decision support system features whose usefulness had been suggested in the literature. Decision support was found to have improved clinical practice in about two-thirds of the 70 included trials. Read more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-studies-us"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Key findings This systematic review examined the ability of decision support systems to improve clinical practice and sought the presence of 15 decision support system features whose usefulness had been suggested in the literature. Decision support was found to have improved clinical practice in about two-thirds of the 70 included trials. Read more\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Helen Carson\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/improving-clinical-practice-using-clinical-decision-support-systems-a-systematic-review-of-trials-to-identify-features-critical-to-success\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO Pro (AIOSEO) 4.9.9\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestpractice.bmj.com\\\/info\\\/us\\\/improving-clinical-practice-using-clinical-decision-support-systems-a-systematic-review-of-trials-to-identify-features-critical-to-success\\\/#article\",\"name\":\"Improving clinical practice using clinical decision support systems: a systematic review of trials to identify features critical to success | BMJ Best Practice\",\"headline\":\"Improving clinical practice using clinical decision support systems: a systematic review of trials to identify features critical to success\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestpractice.bmj.com\\\/info\\\/us\\\/author\\\/helen\\\/#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestpractice.bmj.com\\\/info\\\/us\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestpractice.bmj.com\\\/info\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/09\\\/lims-1604450.png\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1535},\"datePublished\":\"2016-09-23T12:12:09+01:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-11-13T10:05:16+01:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestpractice.bmj.com\\\/info\\\/us\\\/improving-clinical-practice-using-clinical-decision-support-systems-a-systematic-review-of-trials-to-identify-features-critical-to-success\\\/#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestpractice.bmj.com\\\/info\\\/us\\\/improving-clinical-practice-using-clinical-decision-support-systems-a-systematic-review-of-trials-to-identify-features-critical-to-success\\\/#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"Studies @us\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestpractice.bmj.com\\\/info\\\/us\\\/improving-clinical-practice-using-clinical-decision-support-systems-a-systematic-review-of-trials-to-identify-features-critical-to-success\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestpractice.bmj.com\\\/info\\\/us\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestpractice.bmj.com\\\/info\\\/us\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestpractice.bmj.com\\\/info\\\/us\\\/category\\\/studies-us\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Studies @us\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestpractice.bmj.com\\\/info\\\/us\\\/category\\\/studies-us\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Studies @us\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestpractice.bmj.com\\\/info\\\/us\\\/category\\\/studies-us\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestpractice.bmj.com\\\/info\\\/us\\\/improving-clinical-practice-using-clinical-decision-support-systems-a-systematic-review-of-trials-to-identify-features-critical-to-success\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Improving clinical practice using clinical decision support systems: a systematic review of trials to identify features critical to success\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestpractice.bmj.com\\\/info\\\/us\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestpractice.bmj.com\\\/info\\\/us\\\/improving-clinical-practice-using-clinical-decision-support-systems-a-systematic-review-of-trials-to-identify-features-critical-to-success\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Improving clinical practice using clinical decision support systems: a systematic review of trials to identify features critical to success\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestpractice.bmj.com\\\/info\\\/us\\\/category\\\/studies-us\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Studies @us\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestpractice.bmj.com\\\/info\\\/us\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"BMJ\",\"description\":\"Straight to the Point of Care\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestpractice.bmj.com\\\/info\\\/us\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestpractice.bmj.com\\\/info\\\/us\\\/author\\\/helen\\\/#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestpractice.bmj.com\\\/info\\\/us\\\/author\\\/helen\\\/\",\"name\":\"Helen Carson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestpractice.bmj.com\\\/info\\\/us\\\/improving-clinical-practice-using-clinical-decision-support-systems-a-systematic-review-of-trials-to-identify-features-critical-to-success\\\/#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1e4ccec913215e2df1068e4f46266b889637f37db060323b8c5858fd32e171b6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Helen Carson\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestpractice.bmj.com\\\/info\\\/us\\\/improving-clinical-practice-using-clinical-decision-support-systems-a-systematic-review-of-trials-to-identify-features-critical-to-success\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestpractice.bmj.com\\\/info\\\/us\\\/improving-clinical-practice-using-clinical-decision-support-systems-a-systematic-review-of-trials-to-identify-features-critical-to-success\\\/\",\"name\":\"Improving clinical practice using clinical decision support systems: a systematic review of trials to identify features critical to success | BMJ Best Practice\",\"description\":\"Key findings This systematic review examined the ability of decision support systems to improve clinical practice and sought the presence of 15 decision support system features whose usefulness had been suggested in the literature. Decision support was found to have improved clinical practice in about two-thirds of the 70 included trials. Read more\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestpractice.bmj.com\\\/info\\\/us\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestpractice.bmj.com\\\/info\\\/us\\\/improving-clinical-practice-using-clinical-decision-support-systems-a-systematic-review-of-trials-to-identify-features-critical-to-success\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestpractice.bmj.com\\\/info\\\/us\\\/author\\\/helen\\\/#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestpractice.bmj.com\\\/info\\\/us\\\/author\\\/helen\\\/#author\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestpractice.bmj.com\\\/info\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/09\\\/lims-1604450.png\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestpractice.bmj.com\\\/info\\\/us\\\/improving-clinical-practice-using-clinical-decision-support-systems-a-systematic-review-of-trials-to-identify-features-critical-to-success\\\/#mainImage\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1535},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestpractice.bmj.com\\\/info\\\/us\\\/improving-clinical-practice-using-clinical-decision-support-systems-a-systematic-review-of-trials-to-identify-features-critical-to-success\\\/#mainImage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-09-23T12:12:09+01:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-11-13T10:05:16+01:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestpractice.bmj.com\\\/info\\\/us\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestpractice.bmj.com\\\/info\\\/us\\\/\",\"name\":\"BMJ Best Practice\",\"description\":\"Straight to the Point of Care\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestpractice.bmj.com\\\/info\\\/us\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro -->\r\n\t\t<title>Improving clinical practice using clinical decision support systems: a systematic review of trials to identify features critical to success | BMJ Best Practice<\/title>\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Improving clinical practice using clinical decision support systems: a systematic review of trials to identify features critical to success | BMJ Best Practice","description":"Key findings This systematic review examined the ability of decision support systems to improve clinical practice and sought the presence of 15 decision support system features whose usefulness had been suggested in the literature. Decision support was found to have improved clinical practice in about two-thirds of the 70 included trials. Read more","canonical_url":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/improving-clinical-practice-using-clinical-decision-support-systems-a-systematic-review-of-trials-to-identify-features-critical-to-success\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/improving-clinical-practice-using-clinical-decision-support-systems-a-systematic-review-of-trials-to-identify-features-critical-to-success\/#article","name":"Improving clinical practice using clinical decision support systems: a systematic review of trials to identify features critical to success | BMJ Best Practice","headline":"Improving clinical practice using clinical decision support systems: a systematic review of trials to identify features critical to success","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/author\/helen\/#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/#organization"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/lims-1604450.png","width":1920,"height":1535},"datePublished":"2016-09-23T12:12:09+01:00","dateModified":"2017-11-13T10:05:16+01:00","inLanguage":"en-US","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/improving-clinical-practice-using-clinical-decision-support-systems-a-systematic-review-of-trials-to-identify-features-critical-to-success\/#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/improving-clinical-practice-using-clinical-decision-support-systems-a-systematic-review-of-trials-to-identify-features-critical-to-success\/#webpage"},"articleSection":"Studies @us"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/improving-clinical-practice-using-clinical-decision-support-systems-a-systematic-review-of-trials-to-identify-features-critical-to-success\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/category\/studies-us\/#listItem","name":"Studies @us"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/category\/studies-us\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"Studies @us","item":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/category\/studies-us\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/improving-clinical-practice-using-clinical-decision-support-systems-a-systematic-review-of-trials-to-identify-features-critical-to-success\/#listItem","name":"Improving clinical practice using clinical decision support systems: a systematic review of trials to identify features critical to success"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/improving-clinical-practice-using-clinical-decision-support-systems-a-systematic-review-of-trials-to-identify-features-critical-to-success\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"Improving clinical practice using clinical decision support systems: a systematic review of trials to identify features critical to success","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/category\/studies-us\/#listItem","name":"Studies @us"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/#organization","name":"BMJ","description":"Straight to the Point of Care","url":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/author\/helen\/#author","url":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/author\/helen\/","name":"Helen Carson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/improving-clinical-practice-using-clinical-decision-support-systems-a-systematic-review-of-trials-to-identify-features-critical-to-success\/#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1e4ccec913215e2df1068e4f46266b889637f37db060323b8c5858fd32e171b6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Helen Carson"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/improving-clinical-practice-using-clinical-decision-support-systems-a-systematic-review-of-trials-to-identify-features-critical-to-success\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/improving-clinical-practice-using-clinical-decision-support-systems-a-systematic-review-of-trials-to-identify-features-critical-to-success\/","name":"Improving clinical practice using clinical decision support systems: a systematic review of trials to identify features critical to success | BMJ Best Practice","description":"Key findings This systematic review examined the ability of decision support systems to improve clinical practice and sought the presence of 15 decision support system features whose usefulness had been suggested in the literature. Decision support was found to have improved clinical practice in about two-thirds of the 70 included trials. Read more","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/improving-clinical-practice-using-clinical-decision-support-systems-a-systematic-review-of-trials-to-identify-features-critical-to-success\/#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/author\/helen\/#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/author\/helen\/#author"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/lims-1604450.png","@id":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/improving-clinical-practice-using-clinical-decision-support-systems-a-systematic-review-of-trials-to-identify-features-critical-to-success\/#mainImage","width":1920,"height":1535},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/improving-clinical-practice-using-clinical-decision-support-systems-a-systematic-review-of-trials-to-identify-features-critical-to-success\/#mainImage"},"datePublished":"2016-09-23T12:12:09+01:00","dateModified":"2017-11-13T10:05:16+01:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/#website","url":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/","name":"BMJ Best Practice","description":"Straight to the Point of Care","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/#organization"}}]}},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"3151","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":null,"schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"location":null,"local_seo":null,"seo_analyzer_scan_date":"2026-06-03 08:41:21","breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"open_ai":null,"ai":null,"created":"2020-12-21 07:20:45","updated":"2026-06-03 08:41:21"},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">\u00bb<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/category\/studies-us\/\" title=\"Studies @us\">Studies @us<\/a>\n<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">\u00bb<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\tImproving clinical practice using clinical decision support systems: a systematic review of trials to identify features critical to success\n<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/"},{"label":"Studies @us","link":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/category\/studies-us\/"},{"label":"Improving clinical practice using clinical decision support systems: a systematic review of trials to identify features critical to success","link":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/improving-clinical-practice-using-clinical-decision-support-systems-a-systematic-review-of-trials-to-identify-features-critical-to-success\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}