Module 4 Response

I agree with Michelle’s statement that there exists a huge gap between evidence and practice and the CDSS is a means to start bridging what the literature says. Not only are CDSSs a representation of the decision of human experts, they parallel a good systematic system review instead of one expert opinion which is a problem with research in general. Last semester in my evidenced based practice research class, we analyzed many articles in which the authors claimed their conclusions would increase quality of nursing, but they had no other research reports to “back them up.” Their introductions state there is lack of evidence to drive their research and claim their conclusion is the best practice. I also liked Michelle’s statement on interdisciplinary communication because we need to utilize all disciplines with the multiple complications and factors of patients.