Driven by cost-efficiency and the increasing inability of humans to take into account a large number of complexly linked facts and parameters in decision-making, computers would be used in ever more areas to make independent decisions that have direct or indirect consequences for humans.
We used a combination of the following search terms: decision support systems, clinical; decision-making, computer-assisted; computerized decision support; reminder systems; guideline adherence; and medical informatics.
We combined keywords and subject headings to identify computer-based decision support (e.g. decision support systems clinical, decision making computer assisted), medicines use (e.g. prescription drug, drug utilization) and medical practice (e.g. physicians practice patterns, medical practice).
exp Decision Making, Computer-Assisted/ 29.
The search strategy included a mix of subject headings and keywords related to the intervention (e.g., intervention, patient participation, social support, health communication), decision support techniques (e.g., decision-making-computer-assisted, decision trees), and decision-making (see Table 2).
Medical-Informatics-Applications, Management-Information-Systems, Decision-Making-Computer-Assisted, Diagnosis-Computer-Assisted, Therapy-Computer-Assisted, Medical-Records-Systems-Computerized, Medical-Order-Entry-Systems, Electronic-Mail, Videoconferencing, Telemedicine, Computer-Communication-Networks and Internet.
14. exp Decision Making, Computer-Assisted/ 15. exp Drug Dosage Calculations/ 16. 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 17. 8 and 16 The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Medical subject headings referring to e-health include: Medical-Informatics-Applications, Management-Information-Systems, Decision-Making-Computer-Assisted, Diagnosis-Computer-Assisted, Therapy-Computer-Assisted, Medical-Records-Systems-Computerized, Medical-Order-Entry-Systems, Electronic-Mail, Videoconferencing, Telemedicine, Computer-Communication-Networks and Internet.
When multiple and diverse factors are likely to influence decision making, computer-based decision support systems, such as neural networks, are capable of handling large amounts of data and are helpful in arriving at or supplementing a correct decision by clinicians [ 20, 21].
Decision-taking: Are they using appropriate decision methods/tools to support better decision-making making (e.g., computer assisted decision tools)?
Dr. Silverman said that not only have new theories emerged on the role of emotions in decision-making, but computer processing has also become fast and inexpensive enough that computers are able to do the complex calculations necessary to model behavior.
