CDSiC Resources

How Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support Can Strengthen Shared Decision Making

Publication Date:

July 2, 2025

This resource describes how patient-centered clinical decision support (PC CDS) can be leveraged throughout each step of the shared decision making process to help clinicians deliver patient-centered care and help patients make health-related decisions.

Incorporating Patient Preferences in Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support 

Publication Date:

June 25, 2025

Patient preferences can support a patient’s care experience and healthcare decision making. This resource shows different methods and timepoints in a patient’s care journey when their preferences can be collected and used in patient-centered clinical decision support (PC CDS). 

CDSiC Trust and Patient-Centeredness Workgroup Charter - Option Year 2

Publication Date:

December 6, 2024

The Trust and Patient-Centeredness Workgroup Option Year 2 Charter is a document that describes the roles and key activities of the Workgroup under the CDSiC Stakeholder Community and Outreach Center.

Advancing patient-centered clinical decision support in today’s health care ecosystem: key themes from the Clinical Decision Support Innovation Collaborative’s 2023 Annual Meeting

Publication Date:

October 23, 2024

This article published in JAMIA Open summarizes key themes that arose from stakeholder discussions at the inaugural Clinical Decision Support Innovation Collaborative (CDSiC) 2023 Annual Meeting. The authors analyzed compiled meeting notes to synthesize key themes and concluded that innovative approaches are needed to ensure patients’ and caregivers’ voices are meaningfully included to advance PC CDS. Click here to read the article. 

Trust and Patient-Centeredness Workgroup: Patient and Caregiver Perspectives on Generative Artificial Intelligence in Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support

Publication Date:

July 8, 2024

This report provides descriptions of patient and caregiver perspectives on the use of generative artificial intelligence in patient-centered clinical decision support.

Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support Challenges and Opportunities Identified from Workflow Execution Models

Publication Date:

June 22, 2024

This article, published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA), uses workflow execution models to highlight new considerations for patient-centered clinical decision support (PC CDS) policies, processes, procedures, technology, and expertise required to support new workflows. Implementing and working with these new PC CDS-focused workflow execution models can lead to long-term positive impacts on patient health.

CDSiC Trust and Patient-Centeredness Workgroup Charter - Option Year 1

Publication Date:

November 30, 2023

The Trust and Patient-Centeredness Workgroup Option Year 1 Charter is a document that describes the roles and key activities of the Workgroup under the CDSiC Stakeholder Community and Outreach Center.

Outcomes and Objectives Workgroup: Integration of Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support Into Shared Decision Making

Publication Date:

September 1, 2023

This report provides a framework for the use of patient-centered clinical decision support to facilitate shared decision making.

A Lifecycle Framework Illustrates Eight Stages Necessary for Realizing the Benefits of Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support

Publication Date:

July 6, 2023

This article, published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA), discusses a comprehensive patient-centered clinical decision support (PC CDS) lifecycle framework developed and vetted by members of the CDSiC team.

Moving the Needle on Advancing Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support through the CDSiC’s Four Workgroups

Publication Date:

February 3, 2023

Viewpoint

This CDSiC Leadership Viewpoint provides an overview of the Stakeholder Center’s four Workgroups and how their products will contribute to patient-centered clinical decision support (PC CDS).

BY: Prashila Dullabh, MD, FAMIA; Priyanka Desai, PhD, MSPH, CPH; Elizabeth Cope, PhD, MPH; Rina Dhopeshwarkar, MPH; James Swiger, MBE; Edwin Lomotan, MD