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Clinical Decision Support

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Informatics in Primary Care

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A 2-year-old girl is brought to a small rural emergency room at ten o’clock at night by her babysitter who found her in the bathroom with an open unlabeled container of her grandfather’s heart pills. The general pediatrician on call for the ER needs to identify the pills, determine what diagnostic workup is necessary, and initiate appropriate treatment. If unswallowed pills are unavailable the pediatrician might try to contact the grandfather’s physician to determine what medications he is taking. In the future, the pediatrician might access the grandfather’s electronic medical record through emergency override.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

    Peter Tarczy-Hornoch M.D.

  2. Department of Medical Education, Division Biomedical and Health Informatics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

    Peter Tarczy-Hornoch M.D.

  3. Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

    Thomas H. Payne M.D.

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. School of Medicine, University of Washington, Box 356340, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA

    Thomas E. Norris M.D. (Associate Dean, Executive Director and Medical Executive, Professor of Family Medicine, Adjunct Professor of Medicine) (Associate Dean, Executive Director and Medical Executive, Professor of Family Medicine, Adjunct Professor of Medicine)

  2. University of Washington Physicians Network, Box 356340, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA

    Thomas E. Norris M.D. (Associate Dean, Executive Director and Medical Executive, Professor of Family Medicine, Adjunct Professor of Medicine) (Associate Dean, Executive Director and Medical Executive, Professor of Family Medicine, Adjunct Professor of Medicine)

  3. Biomedical Informatics, and Health Services, Box 356340, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA

    Thomas E. Norris M.D. (Associate Dean, Executive Director and Medical Executive, Professor of Family Medicine, Adjunct Professor of Medicine) (Associate Dean, Executive Director and Medical Executive, Professor of Family Medicine, Adjunct Professor of Medicine)

  4. Division of Biomedical and Health Informatics and Information School, University of Washington School of Medicine, Box 357155, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA

    Sherrilynne S. Fuller Ph.D. (Professor) (Professor)

  5. University of Washington School of Medicine, Box 359780, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA

    Harold I. Goldberg M.D. (Associate Professor of Medicine) (Associate Professor of Medicine)

  6. Biomedical and Health Informatics, Department of Medical Education, University of Washington, Box 356320, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA

    Peter Tarczy-Hornoch M.D. (Associate Professor and Division Head) (Associate Professor and Division Head)

  7. Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Box 356320, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA

    Peter Tarczy-Hornoch M.D. (Associate Professor and Division Head) (Associate Professor and Division Head)

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Tarczy-Hornoch, P., Payne, T.H. (2002). Clinical Decision Support. In: Norris, T.E., Fuller, S.S., Goldberg, H.I., Tarczy-Hornoch, P. (eds) Informatics in Primary Care. Health Informatics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0069-4_7

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