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• Clinical Decision Support
System (CDSS) is a health
information system designed to
provide health professionals with
clinical decision- making support. A
conventional CDSS, comprising
software that aligns a patient’s
unique characteristics with a
computerized clinical knowledge
base, offers patient-specific
evaluations or recommendations to
the clinician for a decision (Sutton
et al., 2020, p.1). C D S S s are a
significant component of health
informatics and can assist in
various aspects of patient care,
such as diagnosis, treatment plans,
reminders, and data management,
effectively utilizing the time of
healthcare professionals.