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- Published on: 21 August 2002
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- Published on: 21 August 2002Re: Important practical limitations for decision supportShow More
Dear Editor
Dr Shojania raises important issues that must be solved before widespread implementation of many decision-support tools is possible. I appreciate his letter. Dr Shojania and I, however, have been addressing different kinds of decision-support. The tools my colleagues and I have implemented, both locally and at external sites, are explicit tools that generate specific instructions, in contrast to...
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None declared. - Published on: 5 August 2002Important practical limitations for decision supportShow More
Dear Editor
I share much of Dr Morris' enthusiasm for decision support. While involved in an evaluation of a decision support targeting vancomycin ordering practice,[1] I had the opportunity to observe the potential impact of this approach. However, as a clinician using the same computerized order entry system in daily practice, I also recognized the major limitation of this approach: users will not tolerate many...
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