The application of BSD tools in-office is still in its infancy.
We believe that application of these tools to practical decisions about resource allocation and health care organization may increase the success of existing programs and help to expand access to HIV care and treatment in resource-limited countries.
However, the complexity of these sites requires considerable efforts to successfully complete their revitalization projects, thus requiring the development and application of appropriate tools to support decision makers in the selection of promising sites where efficiently allocate the limited financial resources.
Notwithstanding these challenges, the documented benefit of the application of decision-support tools in the ICU and the rapid expansion of electronic ICU databases promise an increasingly favorable environment for the development, implementation, and use of computerized protocols to aid clinical decision-makers in the ICU.
Figure 1 Framework for harnessing herder knowledge for an integrated application of indicators, management decisions in response to assessments and monitoring and policy tools for decision making.
Several studies have considered the application of AHP in medical decision-making [ 2, 11- 13].
We describe the first application of an electronic decision support tool in the primary care setting to aid in the management of TIA and minor strokes.
As new tools are integrated, however, researchers should explore methodologies to present tools to providers, assess patient-provider interfaces, evaluate the impact of electronic tools in shared decision-making, and support innovative software applications that integrate multiple variables such as test results, medical history, medication history, patient preferences, and family health history.
An example is provided to illustrate application of the interactive spreadsheet as a screening tool in decision analysis regarding possible use options for untreated and treated water.
The application of markov decision process to decision theoretic planning has been described in [10].
First, in our hypothetical example to illustrate application of the decision tool, we focused on potential improvements to surveillance systems.
