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Impact of point-of-care clinical decision support on referrer behavior, imaging volume, patient radiation dose exposure, and sustainability
ObjectivesWhen referring patients to radiology, it is important that the most appropriate test is chosen to avoid inappropriate imaging that may lead...
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Evaluating a clinical decision support point of care instrument in low resource setting
BackgroundClinical pathways are one of the main tools to manage the health care’s quality and concerned with the standardization of care processes....
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Decision discovery using clinical decision support system decision log data for supporting the nurse decision-making process
BackgroundDecision-making in healthcare is increasingly complex; notably in hospital environments where the information density is high, e.g.,...
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Improved preventive care clinical decision-making efficiency: leveraging a point-of-care clinical decision support system
BackgroundElectronic medical records are widely used in family practices across Canada and can improve health outcomes. However, recent reports...
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The patient’s first point of contact (PINPOINT) – protocol of a prospective multicenter study of communication and decision-making during patient assessments by primary care registered nurses
BackgroundA major challenge for primary care is to set priorities and balance demands with available resources. The registered nurses in this study...
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Multidisciplinary approach to advance care planning and directives in patients with end-stage renal disease: a point of view on patient-centered decision-making
Implementing Advance Care Planning (ACP) for patients with End-Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD), particularly in the context of hemodialysis, presents...
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Judgement and Decision Making in Clinical and Return-to-Sports Decision Making: A Narrative Review
Making return-to-sport decisions can be complex and multi-faceted, as it requires an evaluation of an individual’s physical, psychological, and...
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A Guide to an Iterative Approach to Model-Based Decision Making in Health and Medicine: An Iterative Decision-Making Framework
Decision makers frequently face decisions about optimal resource allocation. A model-based economic evaluation can be used to guide decision makers...
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Decreasing the Duration of Point of Decision to Getting Non-stress Test Done: A Quality Improvement Study
IntroductionNon-stress test is an important non-invasive tool of antepartum surveillance. The hypoxia, acidemia in the fetus can easily be picked up...
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How to Present a Decision Object in Health Preference Research: Attributes and Levels, the Decision Model, and the Descriptive Framework
In health preference research (HPR) studies, data are generated by participants’/subjects’ decisions. When develo** an HPR study, it is therefore...
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From Natural Towards Representative Decision Making in Sports: A Framework for Decision Making in Virtual and Augmented Environments
Decision making is vital in complex sporting tasks but is difficult to test and train. New technologies such as virtual and augmented reality offer...
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Examining the Effect of Depicting a Patient Affected by a Negative Reimbursement Decision in Healthcare on Public Disagreement with the Decision
BackgroundThe availability of increasingly advanced and expensive new health technologies puts considerable pressure on publicly financed healthcare...
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Shared Decision-Making in Acute Pain Services
Purpose of ReviewThe implementation of shared decision-making (SDM) in acute pain services (APS) is still in its infancies especially when compared...
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Predictive clinical utility of pre-hospital point of care lactate for transfusion of blood product in patients with suspected traumatic haemorrhage: derivation of a decision-support tool
IntroductionPre-hospital emergency medical teams can transfuse blood products to patients with suspected major traumatic haemorrhage. Common...
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Digital Tools for Decision-Making in Coronary Artery Disease
Purpose of ReviewDigital tools have emerged to assist clinicians in decision-making across the spectrum of coronary artery disease (CAD), from risk...
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Prevalence of long-term decision regret and associated risk factors in a large cohort of ICU surrogate decision makers
BackgroundWhether surrogate decision makers regret decisions about the use of life support for incapacitated, critically ill patients remain...
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Decision-makers’ experiences with rapid evidence summaries to support real-time evidence informed decision-making in crises: a mixed methods study
BackgroundThere is a clear need for research evidence to drive policymaking and emergency responses so that lives are saved and resources are not...
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Patient-provider communication while using a clinical decision support tool: explaining satisfaction with shared decision making for mammography screening
BackgroundClinical decision aids may support shared decision-making for screening mammography. To inform shared decision-making between patients and...
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Digital encounter decision aids linked to clinical practice guidelines: results from user testing SHARE-IT decision aids in primary care
BackgroundEncounter decision aids (EDAs) are tools that can support shared decision making (SDM), up to the clinical encounter. However, adoption of...
