CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM

A Clinical Decision Support System(CDSS) has been coined as an “active knowledge systems, which use two or more items of patient's data to generate case-specific advice."

This is an example of a CDSS. CDSS by the meaning itself supports very much in the clinical field. It gives assistance to clinicians in rendering their care to their patients by giving suggestions based on their diagnoses. It helps them to decide and choose the right choice on what action or actions they should perform.

CDSS is also supported by Diagnosis Decision Support Systems or DDSS, in which it take all the patient's data including those that are related on their health status. For me, both are really helpful especially to those physicians in dealing with their patients. By using these, patients can assure that the hospital that is taking all the responsibilities just to cure them can really give them the assurance that there are big chances that they can be treated in their sickness.

Nowadays, many technologies have been made. I am so grateful that CDSS and DDSS belonged to those technologies. I admit that some technologies have bad influences to people, but only some. Because I do admit that CDSS and DDSS gives really BIG help when speaking about our HEALTH, it does not only give clinician the BEST way of dealing with patients but it also give them the RIGHT choices before acting.

"It is the BEST, because it gives all the clinicians the opportunities to practice their professions very well and also to enhance more their knowledge about their fields."

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The term PDA was first used on January 7, 1992 by Apple Computer CEO John Sculley at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, referring to the Apple Newton. In 1996, Nokia introduced the first mobile phone with full PDA functionality, the 9000 Communicator, which grew to become the world's best-selling PDA. The Communicator spawned a new category of mobile phones: the smartphone. Today, the vast majority of all PDAs are smartphones. Over 150 million smartphones are sold each year, while "stand-alone" PDAs without phone functionality sell only about 3 million units per year. Popular smartphone brands include HTC, Apple, Palm, Nokia N-Series, and RIM BlackBerry.