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Clinical Decision Support

Owned by Victoria Bussey
07-07-2023
4 min read

 

ID

C6

Version

1.0.2

Type

Capability

Category

Consultations

Status

Draft

Effective Date

TBC

Framework(s)

Description

Supports clinical decision-making to improve Patient safety at the point of care.

Outcomes

For a Patient/Service User:

Health or Care Professionals are able to make better informed and safer care decisions, resulting in increased Patient confidence in the overall care provided.

For Health or Care Organisation:

The provision of flexible tools that assist Health or Care Professionals in making informed healthcare decisions for their Patients, in order to reduce costs and provide high quality care and support delivered in a safe way.

For the wider NHS and social care system:

Better informed decisions leading to more appropriate Referrals and implementation of appropriate care pathways across a wide variety of settings.

MUST Epics - Describes the minimum functionality required to deliver a Capability. Solutions MUST be successfully evaluated against each Epic and Acceptance Criteria via Capability Assessment in order to be associated with this Capability

MUST Epics - Describes the minimum functionality required to deliver a Capability. Solutions MUST be successfully evaluated against each Epic and Acceptance Criteria via Capability Assessment in order to be associated with this Capability

EPICID_TBC - access Clinical Decision Support

As a Health or Care Professional

I want to access Clinical Decision Support

So that I can make better informed and safer care decisions

Acceptance criterion 1: access Clinical Decision Support

Given the Health or Care Professional is permitted to access Clinical Decision Support

When Clinical Decision Support is triggered

Then Clinical Decision Support is provided

EPICID_TBC - Supporting Information

  • Examples of Clinical Decision Support triggers MAY include, but are not limited to:

    • Automated processes defined by rules (e.g. scheduled times, conditions being met)

    • Manual selection by the Health or Care Professional

MAY Epics - Describes additional functionality associated with the Capability. Suppliers should consider all MAY Epics as part of their User Research. Suppliers can choose to map their Solutions to these Epics and they will be evaluated via Capability Assessment. Framework Authorities or purchasing organisations may require these Epics as product qualification or requirements criteria

MAY Epics - Describes additional functionality associated with the Capability. Suppliers should consider all MAY Epics as part of their User Research. Suppliers can choose to map their Solutions to these Epics and they will be evaluated via Capability Assessment. Framework Authorities or purchasing organisations may require these Epics as product qualification or requirements criteria

EPICID_TBC - audit Clinical Decision Support provided

As a Health or Care Professional

I want to audit Clinical Decision Support which has been provided

So that I can review the information used to reach the decision

Acceptance criterion 1: audit Clinical Decision Support

Given the Health or Care Professional is permitted to audit the use of Clinical Decision Support

And a decision has been recorded

When the Health or Care Professional selects to view the decision

Then the authority of the decision is displayed

And the reasons for the decision are displayed

And the source documentation used is displayed

And the criteria used are displayed

EPICID_TBC - view Clinical Decision Support solution version history

As a Health or Care Professional

I want view the version history of the Clinical Decision Support solution

So that I can review versions of Clinical Decision Support which are no longer in use

Acceptance criterion 1: view Clinical Decision Support tool version history

Given the Health or Care Professional is permitted to view the Clinical Decision Support solution’s version history

When the Health or Care Professional selects to view the Clinical Decision Support solution’s version history

Then the Clinical Decision Support solution’s version history is displayed

And the source documentation used is displayed

And the criteria used are displayed

And date and time of the update is displayed

EPICID_TBC - view Clinical Decision Support reports

As a Health or Care Professional

I want to view Clinical Decision Support reports 

So that I can view reports on Clinical Decision Support 

Acceptance criterion 1: view Clinical Decision Support reports

Given the Health or Care Professional Practice User is permitted to view Clinical Decision Support reports 

When the Health or Care Professional selects to view a Clinical Decision Support report 

Then the report is displayed 

EPICID_TBC - Supporting Information

  • Examples of Clinical Decision Support reports MAY include, but are not limited to:

    • Reporting on the usage of Clinical Decision Support

    • Reporting on the effectiveness of Clinical Decision Support

EPICID_TBC - configure Clinical Decision Support triggering by Staff Member

As a Health or Care Professional

I want to configure Clinical Decision Support triggering by Staff Member

So that I can control which Staff Members the Clinical Decision Support is triggered for

Acceptance criterion 1: configure Clinical Decision Support triggering by Staff Member

Given the Health or Care Professional is permitted to configure Clinical Decision Support triggering

When the Health or Care Professional selects to configure Clinical Decision Support triggering for a Staff Member

Then the configuration is applied to the Staff Member

EPICID_TBC - configure Clinical Decision Support triggering by Staff Role

As a Health or Care Professional

I want to configure Clinical Decision Support triggering by Staff Role

So that I can control which Staff Roles the Clinical Decision Support is triggered for

Acceptance criterion 1: configure Clinical Decision Support triggering by Staff Role

Given the Health or Care Professional is permitted to configure Clinical Decision Support triggering

When the Health or Care Professional selects to configure Clinical Decision Support triggering for a Staff Role

Then the configuration is applied to the Staff Role

EPICID_TBC - Supporting Information

  • A Staff Role MAY be assigned to one or more Staff Members, thereby applying the configuration to those Staff Members

EPICID_TBC - enable and disable triggering of Clinical Decision Support tools

As a Health or Care Professional

I want to enable and disable the triggering of individual Clinical Decision Support tools

So that the use of Clinical Decision Support tools can be controlled

Acceptance criterion 1: enable triggering of tools

Given the Health or Care Professional is permitted to configure Clinical Decision Support 

When the Health or Care Professional selects to enable triggering of the Clinical Decision Support tool

Then the triggering of the tool is enabled

Acceptance criterion 2: disable triggering of tools

Given the Health or Care Professional is permitted to configure Clinical Decision Support 

When the Health or Care Professional selects to disable triggering of the Clinical Decision Support tool

Then the triggering of the tool is disabled

EPICID_TBC - configure custom Clinical Decision Support

As a Health or Care Professional

I want to configure custom Clinical Decision Support 

So that I can create custom Clinical Decision Support tools

Acceptance criterion 1: configure custom Clinical Decision Support 

Given the Health or Care Professional is permitted to configure Clinical Decision Support 

When the Health or Care Professional selects to configure custom Clinical Decision Support 

Then the configuration is applied