Table 1.

Summary of the 10 key thematic areas of clinical decision support (CDS) work during the period 2015-2016 (HIT: health information technology; CPOE: computer-based provider order entry) .

Theme	Summary
Knowledge Representation	Structuring knowledge for processing by computer-based decision support systems
Precision Medicine	Using large data sets, including genomic and sensor data, to provide highly tailored CDS
Quality Improvement	Enhancing the safety and outcomes of clinical care
CPOE Systems	Providing CDS at the time that clinicians write orders regarding diagnostic evaluation or treatment
Expansion of Clinical Settings	Using CDS in care settings such as the emergency department and in domains less emphasized in the past such as anesthesiology and nursing
Patient-Directed CDS	Exposing patients to CDS instead of, or in addition to, the more traditional clinician target
Negative Impact of CDS	Identifying ways that CDS can adversely affect clinical care and outcomes
Structuring Data for CDS	Coding data and employing controlled terminologies to make data more usable in CDS
Diagnostic Decision Support	Using CDS to improve the accuracy of diagnosis
HIT Standards for CDS	Providing standard interfaces, data models, and inference mechanisms to ease the implementation of CDS