Multifunctional clinical decision support system based on clinical practice guidelines

A multifunctional system for clinical decision support (SACRAL) is presented. The system supports the decisions based on recommendations from clinical practice guidelines and individual risk factors, generates reports, provides statistical data analysis, automatic generation of quality registry and audit which includes quality indicators. SACRAL is implemented in a general hospital, has 5 modules “Cardiology”, “Oncology”, “Neurology”, “Surgery” and “Preventive Medicine”), including 52 scenarios. Proposed concept of multifunctional clinical decision support system with automated register generation and clinical audit has proved its practical value for routine use in a general hospital. It can be used universally for various clinical domains and any clinical practice guidelines.