title: Using expert rules to automate pressure ulcer alerts for the clinical nurse specialist.
abstract: Hospital acquired pressure ulcers are the focus of national attention. We report on a decision support system that notifies clinical nurse specialists of patients with pressure ulcers or risk for developing pressure ulcers. Auto-summed pressure ulcer risk and pressure ulcer occurrence data are embedded in nursing flowsheets, while the expert system technology runs in a separate application and sends a message back to the EMR environment; a system is successfully implemented across 60 inpatient units.
authors.affiliation: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Jane A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Timm
authors.forename: Jane Anne
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Timm
authors.forename: Kathy L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Chick
authors.forename: Katherine L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Chick
authors.forename: James A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.forename: Samanthie I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Epps
authors.forename: Robert R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Bleimeyer
authors.forename: Marcelline R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Harris
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D005103:Expert Systems; D006801:Humans; D008910:Minnesota; D009720:Nurse Clinicians; D048108:Nursing Informatics / Q000379:methods*; D009737:Nursing Records; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis*