title: Discern--an integrated prospective decision support system.
abstract: We present a new integrated decision support tool, called Discern, for prospective case management within a comprehensive Healthcare Network Architecture (HNA). Discern is an event-driven, expert system tightly integrated into this architecture. It can perform a variety of actions including generating alerts, ordering tests, and entering results. Over 100 institutions use Discern to automate care processes. Discern was designed to meet the demanding requirements for effective decision support.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McNair
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kailasam
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Reilly
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Eklund
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: McCoy
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jamieson
mesh_terms: D003658:Decision Making, Computer-Assisted; D005103:Expert Systems; D006751:Hospital Information Systems