CDS has a number of important benefits, including:
Increased quality of care and enhanced health outcomes
Avoidance of errors and adverse events
Improved efficiency, cost-benefit, and provider and patient satisfaction
Health information technologies designed to improve clinical decision making are particularly attractive for their ability to address the growing information overload clinicians face and to provide a platform for integrating evidence-based knowledge into care delivery. The majority of CDS applications operate as components of comprehensive EHR systems, although stand-alone CDS systems are also used.