title: EpiPortal: an electronic decision support system for infection control.
abstract: A comprehensive, electronic hospital epidemiology decision support system serves diverse users but its primary user is the infection control professional (ICP). Utilizing off-the-shelf components and accepted standards enables the system to be open, vendor-independent and ICP-controlled. Its development can flexibly respond to the evolving nature of infection control practice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wajngurt
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Rohit
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chaudhry
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hyman
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fracaro
mesh_terms: D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D009323:Natural Language Processing