Using expert rules to automate pressure ulcer alerts for the clinical nurse specialist.
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.
Timm
Jane A
JA
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Timm
Jane Anne
JA
Chick
Kathy L
KL
Chick
Katherine L
KL
Peterson
James A
JA
Epps
Samanthie I
SI
Bleimeyer
Robert R
RR
Harris
Marcelline R
MR
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*