Research Article
Advanced Pervasive Clinical Decision Support for the Intensive Care Unit
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2012.248675, author={Femke De Backere and Filip De Turck and Kirsten Colpaert and Johan Decruyenaere}, title={Advanced Pervasive Clinical Decision Support for the Intensive Care Unit}, proceedings={6th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare}, publisher={IEEE}, proceedings_a={PERVASIVEHEALTH}, year={2012}, month={7}, keywords={clinical decision support systems context-aware pervasive devices algorithms workflow integration}, doi={10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2012.248675} }- Femke De Backere
Filip De Turck
Kirsten Colpaert
Johan Decruyenaere
Year: 2012
Advanced Pervasive Clinical Decision Support for the Intensive Care Unit
PERVASIVEHEALTH
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2012.248675
Abstract
Clinical decision support systems (CDSS) already have proven their use in supporting physicians and nurses in their daily responsibilities. However the uptake of these systems remains low. This is due to a number of reasons, such as little to no integration within the workflow of the medical staff, a multitude of available devices and a large amount of medical data that has to be processed. This research focusses on closing the communication gap between software engineers and domain experts and on integrating CDSS into the workflow of the medical staff by providing support at the right time, at the right place on the most suitable device, based on the current context. This way the variation in care can be reduced and costs are minimized.