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

Definition of Patient-Physician Relationship Physician-patient effective relationship is the main key to deliver good therapy and high quality healthcare in the medical field. Physicians and their communication, social and relational skills are the main pillars that help in collecting information and data from patients to facilitate precise and accurate diagnosis, and deliver effective care and therapy.¹ These skills are the most important practices in the medical and clinical field that will help reach the best healthcare outcome and patient gratification.² Furthermore, the physician-patient relationship has two main components: emotional and informational. Delivering successful medical care and intervention require strong physician-patient communication by establishing a partnership. Also, a patient has a great view about his or her medical situation or problem that will help him or her to be part of the decision making process.³ Therefore, creating a good social and personal relationship, facilitating sharing…

ABBREVIATIONS: CDSS - Clinical Decision Support System, ICD - International Classification of Diseases, CPT - Current Procedural Terminology, SNOMED - Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine, HER - Electronic Health Records