Question

1. Identify Yes or No if the following are examples of clinical decision support: a. Dr. Smith is alerted to a drug-drug interaction. b. The dieticlan for Northstar Physicians mails out information about diabetes to patients diagnosed with diabetes mellitus. C. Dr. Jones is an orthopedic surgeon who takes a "time-out" for "right patient, right procedure, right site." d. A pharmacist receives an alert regarding a lower-cost medication to be substituted for a patient's current medication. e. A pharmacist looks up a national drug code number to order a medication.

Answer 1

1. Yes. Dr. Smith can be alerted to Drug-drug interaction.

being a physician he can alert regarding the drug-drug interaction for a patient. As he needs to decide on the further plan of treatment for the patient.

2. No.

The dietician cannot mail out information regarding the disease to the patients who are diagnosed with  Diabetes mellitus. the dietician can counsel or give information regarding dietary aspects in diabetes mellitus but not regarding the disease.

3. yes

Dr. Jones is an orthopedic surgeon, therefore, he is responsible to take " time out" for " right patient", "right procedure", " right site".

4. yes.

The pharmacist should be altered regarding the low-cost medication that needs to be substituted for a patients current medication

5. Yes.

The pharmacist can look up for a national drug code to order a medication, as he supervises over all the affairs of the pharmacy.