The Global Clinical Decision Support Systems Market was valued at USD 1.1 billion in 2020, and it is expected to reach USD 2.0 billion by 2027, with a CAGR of 8.9%, during the forecast period (2021-2027).
Computerized clinical decision support systems, abbreviated as CDSS, is a health data technology used to enhance healthcare experiences and delivery by assisting in critical medical decision making to clinicians with the usage of varied data such as patient information, targeted clinical data, records, and other health related information. CDSS benefits clinicians in their complex decision makings. CDSS was first used in the year 1980s, since then it has gone through tremendous technological evolution. They are now-a-days regulated with computerised data systems and through electronic medical records.

Some of the primary growth factors responsible to propel the clinical decision support systems market include, rising geriatric population, advancements in technology, and growing incidences of errors during medical treatments. Hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare organizations are moving towards frequent adoption of CDSS enabled EHRs and that have resulted as a boom in the clinical decision support system industry. Additionally, Governmental bodies of developing and developed nations are taking initiatives to promote the more adoption of Healthcare IT solutions and have made stringent rules and regulations supporting the same. However, factors such as data security concerns related to cloud-based CDSS, and lack of interoperability is anticipated to hamper the CDSS market in the forecast period.
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By Region
Amongst the product type in CDSS market the Standalone product type segment is anticipated to hold the largest market share in the forecast period. The Dominance is accounted to its simplicity and easy to adopt nature. The standalone systems are additionally of low cost making them easier for even small healthcare organisation to acquire, thus making it popular and most frequently adopted CDSS.
In the Year 2020, the services segment accounted the largest market share and also anticipated to grow with highest CAGR during the forecast period. The Hardware segment includes the computers and all electronic devices used to run the software, the software component is responsible to perform data analysis and provide decision support to the clinicians while services involved maintenance. The CDSS services segmental growth is accounted to the need and demand for timely upgradations of the technologies and thus augmenting the segment.
Geographically, the North American region was accounted to be the largest market in 2020 and is expected to continue its dominance in the forecast period. This dominance is majorly owing to the high demand for healthcare information technology solutions in healthcare sector in North America. The focus on rapid technological advances and quality medical services contributes to the growth of the region.
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The impact of COVID-19 has greatly affected the market of the Clinical Decision Support Systems industry. The pandemic has emerged as a threat to human lives as well as to economy creating pressure on millions of people and their business. Healthcare organizations are already struggling to cope up with this pandemic situation, right from sourcing rapid diagnosing kits to sufficient PPE kits for workers. However, clinical decision support systems CDSS can be very beneficial in this situation. The CDSS ensures the digitally connected non-invasive devices and remote patient monitoring.
Moreover, the COVID-19 epidemic has mandated the necessity for a sense of social distance between healthcare professionals and patients, thus surging the demand for telemedicine and remote patient monitoring solutions and precise and up-to-date patient health records. Several players in this market have introduced COVID 19 related features into their existing EHRs and are offering them free of charge to their users.
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