HIEBP - clinical decisions support systems Flashcards
1
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What are Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS)?
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Clinical decision support systems link health observations with health knowledge to influence health choices by clinicians for improved health care
2
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what is alert fatigue?
A
Alert fatigue encapsulates what is wrong with CDSS at the moment. The compute is producing so many alerts and messages, that it is near impossible to keep track - it wastes time, confuses clinicians, and potentially worsens patient care.
3
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What is SNOMED?
A
SNOMED is a standard vocabulary and it’s used all across the world as a computer vocabulary which refers to clinical concepts.
