title: Systems to support clinical decisions: automated medical signal analysis.
abstract: The benefits and capabilities of an automated medical signal analysis system that can lead to more effective patient care are identified, the capabilities of different types of systems are briefly mentioned, and automated systems that support nominative and managerial decisions are described. The need for the practicing physician to anticipate computer hardware limitations and potential errors in programming are briefly discussed.
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems; D008487:Medical History Taking; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic