title: Real-time wireless decision support alerts on a Palmtop PDA.
abstract: The authors devised a system which continuously analyzes data exported from a Clinical Information System for the occurrence of exceptional or life-threatening clinical events. A configurable rule-based system was created to detect and act on such events. When detected, the system formats an alerting message, dials a modem and transmits the message to a commercial satellite relay system. Ennunciated by an alerting beep and blinking LED on a PCMCIA receiver card, the alert message appears on the screen of a Palmtop Personal Digital Assistants (PDA) carried by designated clinicians.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Shabot
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: LoBue
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D002984:Clinical Laboratory Information Systems; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques; D003658:Decision Making, Computer-Assisted; D004630:Emergencies; D006747:Hospital Communication Systems; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D013685:Telecommunications