| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 723327 | IFAC Proceedings Volumes | 2006 | 4 Pages |
Antidote to information overload: Clinical decision support systems offer built-in intelligence to assist healthcare teams with the many tasks that demand cross-referencing and analysis of clinical information. Thus patient monitors, clinical measurements and clinical information systems may be an antidote to information overload and may help clinicians to develop a coherent picture of their patient's status. On a practical level, clinicians should implement clinical decision support systems that provide decision support automatically as part of clinician workflow, deliver decision support at the time and location of decision making, provide actionable recommendations, and use a computer to generate the decision support. The technical tools are invented, now we have to tailor them to meet the clinical users' needs.
