Speaker Name(s): Mark Dente, MD
Description: Finally, the perfect storm for clinical decision support may be brewing. The power of the tidal wave of clinical knowledge, particularly with the soon to be realized burden of personalized medicine, is almost too large for clinicians to manage or ignore. Fortunately, information technology, utilizing clinical databases, expert systems and rules engines, offers clinicians and technologists tools to address this immense knowledge challenge. In this session, attendees will hear from senior experts in information technology, change management and decision support who will review their experiences in implementing and using information technology to address the demands of increasing bodies of knowledge. In addition, the participants will discuss their efforts to decrease clinical variability, improve quality and reduce costs.