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Using information systems to improve practice.

D W Bates1

  • 1Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA. dbates@partners.org

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift
|January 15, 2000
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Information systems enhance healthcare practice by offering decision support and improving data accessibility. These systems facilitate evidence-based medicine by bridging the gap between medical knowledge and clinical practice.

Area of Science:

  • Health Informatics
  • Clinical Decision Support Systems
  • Evidence-Based Medicine

Background:

  • Information systems are increasingly vital for healthcare quality improvement and measurement.
  • Current healthcare practices face challenges in integrating knowledge and application.
  • The need for efficient tools to support clinical decision-making is paramount.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the role of information systems in enhancing clinical practice.
  • To demonstrate how information systems can improve quality measurement and evidence-based medicine.
  • To highlight the benefits of decision support in key medical domains.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing information systems to provide decision support during routine care.
  • Leveraging systems for accessible information retrieval and guideline implementation.

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  • Capturing key patient data in coded form for quality measurement.
  • Focusing on domains like drug prescribing, test ordering, and critical pathways.

    • Main Results:

    • Information systems improve care through decision support, information accessibility, and guideline integration.
    • Key clinical areas like prescribing and test ordering benefit significantly from these systems.
    • Quality measurement is enhanced when data is captured systematically during care.
    • The gap between medical knowledge and clinical practice is reduced.

    Conclusions:

    • Information systems are essential tools for improving and measuring healthcare practice.
    • These systems facilitate the adoption of evidence-based medicine.
    • Systematic data capture within information systems is crucial for quality assessment.
    • The integration of information systems promises a more effective healthcare system.