Describe the role of a clinical decision support (CDS) system and provide an example of an alert.

• A. CDS delivers patient-specific guidance within the EHR; example: an allergy alert or drug–drug interaction alert.
• B. CDS delivers medication orders as written without prompts.
• C. CDS is a separate system that does not run within the EHR.
• D. CDS is only used for billing decisions.

Answer: (B)