Connecting the dots: Rule-based decision support systems in the modern EMR era

Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 443-448

  Herasevich, Vitaly ^a   Kor, Daryl J ^a   Subramanian, Arun ^a   Pickering, Brian W ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Alert; Decision support systems; EMR; False alert; ICU; Monitor; Sniffers

Indexed keywords

ALERT; EMR; FALSE-ALERT; ICU; SNIFFERS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MONITORING; PATIENT TREATMENT;

INTENSIVE CARE UNITS;

ALARM MONITOR; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MODERN TIMES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMART ALARM; SNIFFER;

CLINICAL ALARMS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PATIENT SAFETY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84879551688     PISSN: 13871307     EISSN: 15732614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10877-013-9445-6     Document Type: Review

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