Building on the success of the previous editions, this fully updated book once again brings together worldwide experts to illustrate the underlying science and day-to-day use of decision support systems in clinical and educational settings. Topics discussed include:

-Mathematical Foundations of Decision Support Systems
-Design and Implementation Issues
-Ethical and Legal Issues in Decision Support
-Clinical Trials of Information Interventions
-Hospital-Based Decision Support
-Real World Case Studies

This book is both a resource for clinical decision support systems for informatics specialists as well as a reference for students in health informatics or medical informatics training programs Includes chapters by nationally and internationally recognized experts on the design, evaluation and application of CDS systems Takes a novel look at CDS systems from the point of both the practitioner as well as the patient

Autorentext
Eta S. Berner, EdD, is a Professor of Health Informatics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Inhalt

Chapter 1 Overview of Clinical Decision Support Systems.- Chapter 2 Mathematical Foundations of Decision Support Systems.- Chapter 3 Data Mining and Clinical Decision Support Systems.- Chapter 4 Usability and Clinical Decision Support.- Chapter 5 Newer Architectures for Clinical Decision Support.- Chapter 6 Best Practices for Implementation of Clinical Decision Support.- Chapter 7 Impact of National Policies on the Use of Clinical Decision Support.- Chapter 8 Ethical and Legal Issues in Decision Support.- Chapter 9 Evaluation of Clinical Decision Support.- Chapter 11 Diagnostic Decision Support Systems.- Chapter 10 Decision Support for Patients.- Chapter 12 Use of Clinical Decision Support to Tailor Drug Therapy based on Genomics.- Chapter 13 Clinical Decision Support.- Chapter 14 Clinical Decision Support at Intermountain Healthcare.- Chapter 15 Decision Support During Inpatient Care Provider Order Entry.