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Table 4.

Taxonomy of clinical decision support (CDS) tools and survey results: order facilitators

CDS type	CDS description	Example	Vendor							Total	Institution					Grand total
CDS type	CDS description	Example	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total	1	2	3	4	Total	Grand total
Order facilitators															Total
Medication order sentences⁶	Complete statements of orders which a provider can order as a single unit.	Allowing the provider to order ‘Digoxin 0.25 mg PO QD’ as a single unit.	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	7	•	•	•	•	4	11
Subsequent or corollary orders³⁰	Suggesting or automatically ordering something based on or in response to another order.	Order liver function tests after starting a statin.	•	•	•	•	•			5	•	•	•		3	8
Indication-based ordering³¹	Suggesting orders based on the indication entered by the ordering provider.	Suggesting a low-dose thiazide diuretic for a patient with hypertension.	•	•	•	•	•			5	•	•	•		3	8
Service-specific order sets⁶	Order sets (collections of common orders) based on the service a patient is being admitted to.	Intensive care unit (ICU) admission order set	•			•	•	•		4	•	•	•	•	4	8
Condition-specific order sets⁶	Order sets (collections of common orders) based on a disease or problem that a patient has.	Rule out myocardial infarction order set	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	7	•	•	•	•	4	11
Procedure-specific order sets⁶	Order sets (collections of common orders) based on a procedure or clinical state (post-operative, post-partum, post-procedure, etc) of a patient.	Post total knee replacement order set	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	7	•	•	•	•	4	11
Condition-specific treatment protocol³²	A treatment protocol for a specific condition. Protocols are characterized by complex or temporal logic, in comparison to order sets which are usually simpler.	Hypothermia treatment protocol	•	•	•	•	•	•		6	•			•	2	8
Transfer order set⁶	Order sets (collections of common orders) based on the services a patient is being transferred from and to.	ICU-to-medicine transfer order set	•			•	•			3	•	•	•	•	4	7
Non-medication order sentences⁶	Complete statements of non-medication orders which a provider can order as a single unit.	Allowing the provider to order ‘Call HO for T >101, SBP >180, SBP <90, HR >120, HR <50, RR >30, RR <10, OT sats <92%’ as a single unit.	•	•	•	•	•	•		6	•		•	•	3	9
Totals (absence of ‘•’ indicates response of N (no), NA (not applicable), or (blank))			9	7	7	9	9	6	3	50	9	7	8	7	31	81