Decision support: a paradigm addition for patient safety.
The creation of a decision culture that matches the "decision intensity" of the healthcare field is not a paradigm shift but rather a paradigm addition that properly addresses all aspects of information, from how it is delivered to how it is managed. These changes will take healthcare beyond its current emphasis on efficient transaction systems to reach safe and effective clinical decision environments, which cannot be achieved with transaction mentalities and processes.
Valusek
John R
JR
Decision Support Services, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, USA.
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