title: Presentation and explanation of medical decision models using the World Wide Web.
abstract: We demonstrated the use of the World Wide Web for the presentation and explanation of a medical decision model. We put on the web a treatment model developed as part of the Cardiac Arrhythmia and Risk of Death Patient Outcomes Research Team (CARD PORT). To demonstrate the advantages of our web-based presentation, we critiqued both the conventional paper-based and the web-based formats of this decision-model presentation with reference to an accepted published guide to understanding clinical decision models. A web-based presentation provides a useful supplement to paper-based publications by allowing authors to present their model in greater detail, to link model inputs to the primary evidence, and to disseminate the model to peer investigators for critique and collaborative modeling.
authors.affiliation: Section of General Internal Medicine, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, CA, USA.
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Sanders
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Dembitzer
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Heidenreich
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Owens
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000628:therapy*; D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000517:prevention & control; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted