Precision diagnosis: a view of the clinical decision support systems (CDSS) landscape through the lens of critical care

Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 261-271

  Belard, Arnaud ^a,f   Buchman, Timothy ^d,f   Forsberg, Jonathan ^a,b,c,f   Potter, Benjamin K ^a,c,f   Dente, Christopher J ^d,f   Kirk, Allan ^e,f   Elster, Eric ^a,c,f  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d GRADY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Surgical Critical Care Initiative (SC2i)   (United States)

Author keywords

CDSS; Clinical decision support systems; Complex care; Critical care; Healthcare analytics; Personalized medicine

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; METADATA; SURGERY;

CDSS; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; COMPLEX CARE; CRITICAL CARE; PERSONALIZED MEDICINES;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGERY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ALGORITHM; DEVICE APPROVAL; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH CARE COST; INTRAOPERATIVE MONITORING; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; CRITICAL CARE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DEVICE APPROVAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PATIENT SAFETY; PRECISION MEDICINE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84959116176     PISSN: 13871307     EISSN: 15732614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10877-016-9849-1     Document Type: Review

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