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Leveraging Clinical Decision Support Tools for Optimized Cancer Care Delivery For oncologists, navigating the complicated world of cancer treatment can be a challenging undertaking. Clinical decision support tools like Flatiron Assist may be able to help as they offer better instructions and make it possible to administer high-quality care. Key Points: “Given the increasing complexity of the oncology treatment landscape, this study found that utilizing a customizable CDS tool like FA provides an opportunity for custom preferred pathways to optimize cancer treatment ordering in cases where NCCN guidelines are less clear and that regardless of the path­way in place, providers order preferred treatment options a large majority of the time.” Study Conclusion

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