Decision Support Systems, Clinical [up]

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broader	Information Systems
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	Bioterrorism preparedness and response : use of information technologies and decision support systems
	One in a series of evidence reports and technology assessments on significant clinical topics, developed by the Evidence-based Practice Program of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). This review addresses the issue of information technologies and decision support systems as an aid in responding to a bioterrorist attack. This summary outlines the literature review, what evidence was used to conduct this review, methodology, findings, and future research. The full-text evidence report from which this summary was taken is available here and is current as of July 2002.
	Biological Warfare; Bioterrorism / prevention & control; Decision Support Systems, Clinical; Review Literature [Publication Type]

	Clinical decision making calculators
	A set of calculator spreadsheets (in Mackintosh Excel 4.0 format), which perform common calculations useful for clinical decisions or for analysing clinical data. Included are decision calculators, disease/test relation calculators, exposure/disease relation calculators, treatment/outcome calculators, statistical calculators, and calculators useful in the clinic. There are tutorials to some of the calculators. Provided on the Web by Rob Hamm, Clinical Decision Making Program, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.
	Clinical Medicine; Decision Support Systems, Clinical

	isabel
	isabel is a paediatric clinical decision support tool used by medical professionals in hospitals and GP surgeries throughout the UK. The main features include a diagnostic aid which, when given a set of clinical features, will return a reasonable and relevant differential diagnosis. Other features are an extensive range of expert treatment guidelines for acute and life threatening conditions, and an image library of x-rays, CT scans and slides. All the features are linked so that one enhances the other. At present isabel concentrates only on paediatric conditions, but will later be expanded to include adult illnesses. The site is owned by The Isabel Medical Charity, a UK- registered charity which includes a paediatric intensive care consultant at St Mary's Hospital, and representatives from the General Medical Council and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the London NHS Modernisation Board. Free registration is required to access these facilities.
	Decision Support Systems, Clinical; Great Britain; Pediatrics

	Medical algorithms project
	The Medical Algorithms Project consists of a collection of over 3500 algorithms (collected from the biomedical literature, including research journals and textbooks) spanning major medical domains. This resource is authored by John R. Svirbely, M.D., & M.G.Sriram, Ph.D. and is intended for the educational and personal use of health care students and professionals. The algorithms are organised into 44 chapters, covering most major specialities. Each chapter has been compressed into a zip file consisting of an MS Excel workbook, containing the algorithms of the chapter, and an MS Word document with descriptions and references for the algorithms. MS Excel is required for viewing the spreadsheets. A spanish mirror site is also available.
	Algorithms; Decision Support Systems, Clinical; Software

	Mentor web site
	This site is produced by Egton Medical Information Systems (EMIS) and Oxford University Press (OUP), which aims to provide complementary information about their decision support software applications - Oxford Clinical Mentor (OCM) and Oxford PILS. Oxford Clinical Mentor is an electronic medical knowledge support system, containing details of more than 2000 diseases and general medical topics. This information is cross referenced with 26,000 commonly used terms and synonyms, and aims to provide health professionals with immediate, accurate medical information. Updates can be added electronically. This service is available for a fee. Oxford PILS are patient information leaflets online, written by doctors and peer reviewed. These are intended for use in a GPs consultation with the patient. There is also a list of Self-Help Groups available which are freely searchable from this site, with the main PILS database available for a fee.
	Decision Support Systems, Clinical; Patient Education; Software

	OpenClinical
	OpenClinical is an association of individuals, organisations and companies collaborating on the development and dissemination of knowledge management technologies for patient care. The Web site provides a wide range of resources including directories, technical briefing documents, and demonstrations. The site is aimed at clinicians, researchers and other healthcare professionals as well as people in the medical IT industry.
	Decision Support Systems, Clinical; Patient Care

	Patient decision aids
	A set of decision aids, produced by the Ottawa Health Decision Centre (OHDEC). Decision aids are "used as adjuncts to practitioners’ counseling to prepare patients for decision making." A summary of existing decision aids are available here, together with a summary and more detailed information on the Ottawa decision aids, and guidelines for developing quality patient decision aids (all in PDF format, requiring Adobe Acrobat Reader). Provided on the Web by the Ottawa Health Research Institute.
	Decision Making; Decision Support Systems, Clinical; Decision Support Techniques; Patient Education

	PRODIGY
	PRODIGY (Prescribing RatiOnally with Decision-support In General-practice studY) is a "major national initiative to develop and evaluate computerised decision support systems for UK General Practice", based at the Sowerby Centre for Health Informatics, University of Newcastle and funded by the NHS Executive. The site provides information about the project, a series of guidelines as well as access to the PRODIGY Newsletter.
	Decision Support Systems, Clinical; Family Practice; Primary Health Care