A four-phase model of the evolution of clinical decision support architectures

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 641-649

  Wright, Adam ^a,b,c   Sittig, Dean F ^d,e  

^a PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Northwest Permanente ^*  (United States)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making, computer assisted; Decision support systems, clinical; Decision support techniques; Hospital information systems; Medical records systems, computerized; Models, theoretical

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DATA MINING; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; HISTORY; HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; INFORMATION THEORY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; STANDARDS;

CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; CLINICAL SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DECISION SUPPORTS; EVOLUTIONARY APPROACHES; FOUR-PHASE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT DATA; SERVICE MODELING; SINGLE SOURCING; WORK-FLOWS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

ARCHITECTURE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; EVOLUTION; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 48949095234     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2008.01.004     Document Type: Review

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