Table 2
Critical path goals
| Critical path item | Category |
| 1. Create a focal point for CDS in the form of a RESG that will stimulate, coordinate, and guide CDS efforts outlined in this critical path and roadmap | Coordination and oversight |
| 2. Conduct discussions with specific organizations and initiatives with a role in promoting healthcare quality on how CDS can advance their objectives and how such support can, in turn, facilitate execution of the tasks outlined in the roadmap | CDS and quality improvement |
| 3. Promote dissemination and application of best CDS implementation practices through development and promotion of CDS implementation guides and lessons learned from successful sites as a means of increasing use of currently available CDS interventions | Knowledge sharing |
| 4. Develop specifications and find funding for a set of coordinated, collaborative projects aimed at demonstrating the feasibility, scalability and value of a robust approach to CDS using a focused, top priority target | Demonstration projects |
| 5. Implement at least one of these projects | |
| 6. Analyze and generalize lessons learned from demonstration projects | |
| 7. Address initial legal, regulatory and financial issues that impact broader dissemination of CDS | Legal, regulatory and financial issues |
| 8. Identify next steps for broader CDS development and implementation as an outgrowth of the activities above | Coordination and oversight |
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CDS, clinical decision support; RESG, roadmap execution steering group.
