Problem: A nurse on the unit in an acute care hospital scans the bar codes of a patient's wristband and the medication each time a medication is administered. On occasion, an alert that the medication about to be administered is contra-indicated for the patient is shown.
Answer the following questions and respond to two classmates.
Q1. Why is this scenario an example of clinical decision support?
Q2. What would be a benefit of the clinical decision support?
Q3. What is the role of clinical decision support in this situation?
Q4. Why is clinical decision support important at the point of care?
Please include references.