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The practice of medicine requires the physician to constantly make multiple decisions that are logically related for a given patient. Computers can provide direct or indirect assistance in making these decisions. Hospital information systems (see Chapter 7) and systems for managing patient records (see Chapter 9) are part of the indirect assistance. Simplified access to patient records (e.g., laboratory data) and analytical presentations of data (e.g., reports or summary tables) can also help make decisions and avoid unnecessary or dangerous ones. This may involve providing access to data specific to a given domain, such as bibliographical databases or medical or legal knowledge bases (see Chapter 6).
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Degoulet, P., Fieschi, M. (1997). Medical Decision Support Systems. In: Introduction to Clinical Informatics. Health Informatics Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0675-0_12
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