title: Clinical Decision Support in the Management of Patients With Suspected Ebola Infection.
abstract: Patients with suspected public health threats, such as Ebola, must be quickly identified and isolated on presentation to health care facilities. Patients can be screened by intake staff or other health care providers; however, perfect compliance is difficult to achieve. Well-designed, carefully placed clinical decision support (CDS) within the electronic health record can be a reliable partner in helping to rapidly identify, isolate, and care for patients with suspected Ebola infection and other emerging public health threats. We describe how different types of CDS can be applied in the clinical workflow and share how we implemented CDS to force Ebola screening upon patient presentation to our emergency department.
authors: 1Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School,Boston,MA.
authors: Adam B
authors: AB
authors: Landman
authors: 1Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School,Boston,MA.
authors: Eric
authors: E
authors: Goralnick
authors: 1Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School,Boston,MA.
authors: Jonathan M
authors: JM
authors: Teich
mesh_terms: D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Ebola; clinical decision support; electronic health records