title: Using a context-aware medical application to address information needs for extubation decisions.
abstract: Information overload has been one of the causes of preventable medical errors [1] and escalating costs [2]. A context-aware application with embedded clinical knowledge is proposed to provide practitioners with the appropriate amount of information and content. We developed a prototype of a context-aware medical application to address clinicians' information needs that arise in a data intensive unit, the Cardio-Thoracic Intensive Care Unit (CTICU). A major clinical decision supported by the prototype, the extubation decision, is illustrated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Healthcare Systems and Information Technology, Philips Research, and Briarcliff Manor, NY, USA
authors.forename: Xinxin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lord
mesh_terms: D003658:Decision Making, Computer-Assisted; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008491:Medical Informatics Applications; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D015300:Ventilator Weaning