Measuring the impact of diagnostic decision support on the quality of clinical decision making: development of a reliable and valid composite score.
Few previous studies evaluating the benefits of diagnostic decision support systems have simultaneously measured changes in diagnostic quality and clinical management prompted by use of the system. This report describes a reliable and valid scoring technique to measure the quality of clinical decision plans in an acute medical setting, where diagnostic decision support tools might prove most useful.
Author(s): Ramnarayan, Padmanabhan, Kapoor, Ritika R, Coren, Michael, Nanduri, Vasantha, Tomlinson, Amanda L, Taylor, Paul M, Wyatt, Jeremy C, Britto, Joseph F
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M1338