Written by nationally and internationally recognised experts on the design, evaluation and application of such systems, this book examines the impact of practitioner and patient use of computer-based diagnostic tools. It serves simultaneously as a resource book on diagnostic systems for informatics specialists; a textbook for teachers or students in health or medical informatics training programs; and as a comprehensive introduction for clinicians, with or without expertise in the applications of computers in medicine, who are interested in learning about current developments in computer-based diagnostic systems. Designed for a broad range of clinicians in need of decision support.

Inhalt

1. Clinical Diagnostic Decision Support Systems: An Overview.- 2. Mathematical Foundations of Decision Support Systems.- 3. Testing System Accuracy.- 4. Hospital-Based Decision Support.- 5. Medical Education Applications.- 6. Decision Support for Patients.- 7. Design and Implementation Issues.- 8. Clinical Trials of Information Interventions.- 9. Ethical and Legal Issues in Decision Support.- Afterword.- Appendix: Examples of Internet Resources for Patients.- References.