Patient-Physician Relationship and the Role of Clinical Decision Support Systems

Abstract

In the last quarter of the twentieth century rapid development in the biological, medical, and pharmaceutical sciences has taken place and is continually developing causing a considerable broadening and deepening in the medical knowledge and thus the emergence of new methods of examination and treatment of patients. There is high importance in the development of medical and technical sciences and as a result the amount of information needed by physicians in their practice for the diagnosis and treatment of various diseases has significantly increased. Using new and emerging drugs, diagnostics, and data from evidence-based medicine should help improve the clinical and cost effectiveness of care.