Technology

Clinical Decision Support (CDS)

Definition

Health IT tools providing clinical knowledge and patient-related information to enhance health care.

Compliance Relevance

Escapes 'medical device' regulation ONLY if the physician can independently review the recommendation ('Glass Box').

Why It Matters

Never use CDS as a replacement for judgment. Document agreement/disagreement with every AI prompt.

Related Terms

Algorithmic Bias

Systematic and repeatable errors in a computer system that create unfair outcomes, such as privileging one arbitrary group of users over others.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Any computational system that performs tasks indicative of human intelligence, broadly defined in legislation to distinguish valid tools from misleading automation.

Data Provenance

Documentation of the origin and history of the data used to train an AI model.

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