Clinical decision support systems: Need for evidence, need for evaluation

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-3

  Ammenwerth, Elske ^a   Nykänen, Pirkko ^b   Rigby, Michael ^c   de Keizer, Nicolette ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PEER REVIEW; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84883559554     PISSN: 09333657     EISSN: 18732860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.artmed.2013.05.001     Document Type: Editorial

References (28)

1. Haux R. Health information systems - past, present, future. International Journal of Medical Informatics 2006, 75:268-281.
2. Chaudhry B., Wang J., Wu S., Maglione M., Mojica W., Roth E., et al. Systematic review: impact of health information technology on quality, efficiency, and costs of medical care. Annals of Internal Medicine 2006, 144:742-752.
3. Bates D., Teich J., Lee J., Seger D., Kuperman G., Ma'Luf N., et al. The impact of computerized physician order entry on medication error prevention. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 1999, 6:313-321.
4. Kaushal R., Barker K.N., Bates D.W. How can information technology improve patient safety and reduce medication errors in children's health care?. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 2001, 155:1002-1007.
5. Winter A., Ammenwerth E., Brigl B., Hellrung N. Health information systems: architectures and strategies 2001, Springer, New York. 2nd ed.
6. Berg M. Patient care information systems and healthcare work: a sociotechnical approach. International Journal of Medical Informatics 1999, 55:87-101.
7. Hasselbring W., Peterson R., Smits M., Spanjers R. Strategic information management for a Dutch University Hospital. Medical Infobahn for Europe - proceedings of MIE2000 and GMDS 2000 2000, 885-889. IOS Press, Amsterdam. A. Hasman, B. Blobel, J. Dudeck, R. Engelbrecht, G. Gell, H. Prokosch (Eds.).
8. Han Y.Y., Carcillo J.A., Venkataraman S.T., Clark R.S., Watson R.S., Nguyen T.C., et al. Unexpected increased mortality after implementation of a commercially sold computerized physician order entry system. Pediatrics 2005, 116:1506-1512.
9. Ash J.S., Sittig D.F., Dykstra R., Campbell E., Guappone K. The unintended consequences of computerized provider order entry: findings from a mixed methods exploration. International Journal of Medical Informatics 2009, 78(Suppl. 1):S69-S76.
10. Ammenwerth E., Shaw N. Bad health informatics can kill - is evaluation the answer?. Methods of Information in Medicine 2005, 44:1-3.
11. Rigby M., Ammenwerth E., Beuscart-Zephir M., Brender J., Hyppönen H., Melia S., et al. Evidence based health informatics: 10 years of efforts to promote the principle. IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics 2013 2013, Schattauer Verlag, Stuttgart, [in press].
12. Catwell L., Sheikh A. Evaluating eHealth interventions: the need for continuous systemic evaluation. PLoS Medicine 2009, 6:e1000126.
13. Miller R.A. Medical diagnostic decision support systems - past, present, and future: a threaded bibliography and brief commentary. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 1994, 1:8-27.
14. Robertson J., Walkom E., Pearson S.A., Hains I., Williamsone M., Newby D. The impact of pharmacy computerised clinical decision support on prescribing, clinical and patient outcomes: a systematic review of the literature. The International Journal of Pharmacy Practice 2010, 18:69-87.
15. Shojania K.G., Jennings A., Mayhew A., Ramsay C., Eccles M., Grimshaw J. Effect of point-of-care computer reminders on physician behaviour: a systematic review. Canadian Medical Association Journal 2010, 182:E216-E225.
16. Bright T.J., Wong A., Dhurjati R., Bristow E., Bastian L., Coeytaux R.R., et al. Effect of clinical decision-support systems: a systematic review. Annals of Internal Medicine 2012, 157:29-43.
17. Jaspers M.W., Smeulers M., Vermeulen H., Peute L.W. Effects of clinical decision-support systems on practitioner performance and patient outcomes: a synthesis of high-quality systematic review findings. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 2011, 18:327-334.
18. Ahmadian L., van Engen-Verheul M., Bakhshi-Raiez F., Peek N., Cornet R., de Keizer N.F. The role of standardized data and terminological systems in computerized clinical decision support systems: literature review and survey. International Journal of Medical Informatics 2011, 80:81-93.
19. Garg A., Adhikari N., McDonald H., Rosas-Arellano M., Devereaux P., Beyene J., et al. Effects of computerised clinical decision support systems on practitioner performance and patient outcomes. A systematic review. Journal of the American Medical Association 2005, 293:1223-1238.
20. Nykanen P., Brender J., Talmon J., de Keizer N., Rigby M., Beuscart-Zephir M.C., et al. Guideline for good evaluation practice in health informatics (GEP-HI). International Journal of Medical Informatics 2011, 80:815-827.
21. Talmon J., Ammenwerth A., Brender J., de Keizer N., Nykänen P., Rigby M. STARE-HI - statement on reporting of evaluation studies in health informatics. International Journal of Medical Informatics 2009, 78:1-9.
22. European Commission Council Directive 93/42/EEC and 2007/47/EC concerning medical devices 2007, http://www.eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:1993L0042:20071011:en:PDF [accessed: 18.04.13].
23. Kilsdonk E., Peute L.W., Riezebos R.J., Kremer L.C., Jaspers M.W.M. From an expert-driven paper guideline to a user-centered decision support system; a usability comparison study. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine 2013, 59:5-13.
24. Rommers M.K., Zwaveling J., Guchelaar H.-J., Teepe-Twiss I.M. Evaluation of rule effectiveness and positive predictive value of clinical rules in a Dutch clinical decision support system in daily hospital pharmacy practice. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine 2013, 59:15-21.
25. Simon A., Holleman F., Gude W., Hoekstra J., Peute L., Jaspers M., et al. Safety and usability evaluation of a web-based insulin self-titration system for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine 2013, 59:23-31.
26. Scheepers-Hoeks A.M., Grouls R.J., Neef C., Ackermann E.W., Korsten E.H. Physicians' responses to clinical decision support on an intensive care unit - comparison of four different alerting methods. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine 2013, 59:33-38.
27. Kealey E., Leckman-Westin E., Finnerty M.T. Impact of four training conditions on physician use of a web-based clinical decision support system. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine 2013, 59:39-44.
28. Dixon B.E., Simonaitis L., Goldberg H.S., Paternoe M.D., Schaeffer M., Hongsermeier T., et al. A pilot study of distributed knowledge management and clinical decision support in the cloud. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine 2013, 59:45-53.