CDS Surveillance Significantly Impacts Patient Outcomes

    OREM, UT, August 06, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Seventy-nine percent of providers using clinical decision support surveillance software report that utilizing the technology has a moderate to significant impact on clinical outcomes. This and other findings are being released in a new report entitled CDS Surveillance 2013: Impacting Outcomes.

The study represents the voice of 140 providers currently using surveillance-specific products or surveillance functionality within their EMR, each answering the following questions: How big of an impact is surveillance having today? How capable are these systems out of the box? How easy are they to customize?

"Providers make it clear that they feel that CDS surveillance is having a positive impact on how well they are able to care for their patients," said Adam Cherrington, research director and report author from KLAS. "This report doesn't just answer the question of whether CDS surveillance is having an impact on clinical outcomes; it also reveals which vendors are the best positioned and most effective at helping providers."

As part of the report, KLAS broke down the surveillance vendors into the categories of pharmacy-focused surveillance, enterprise-wide surveillance and EMR surveillance. The vendors reviewed include Allscripts, Caradigm, CareFusion, Cerner, Epic, Hospira, PeraHealth, Siemens, Truven Health Analytics and Wolters Kluwer. Various labor and delivery vendors were also mentioned in the study.

For further details, visit KLAS online at www.KLASresearch.com/reports to view CDS Surveillance 2013: Impacting Outcomes. The report is available to healthcare providers and vendors. Providers receive a significant discount off the standard retail price or can receive a complimentary summary report in exchange for a survey about one of their current vendors.

About KLAS
KLAS is a research firm on a global mission to improve healthcare delivery by enabling providers to be heard and counted. Working with thousands of healthcare professionals and clinicians, KLAS gathers data on software, services, medical equipment and infrastructure systems to deliver timely reports, trends and statistical overviews. The research directly represents the provider voice and acts as a catalyst for improving vendor performance. Follow KLAS on Twitter at www.twitter.com/KLASresearch.

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