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SmartQuery: context-sensitive links to medical knowledge sources from the electronic patient record.

Susan L Price1, William R Hersh, Daniel D Olson

  • 1Division of Medical Informatics & Outcomes Research, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.

Proceedings. AMIA Symposium
|December 5, 2002
PubMed
Summary

Physicians can access medical information more easily through SmartQuery, an application linking electronic health records to knowledge sources. This tool may improve clinical decision-making by providing timely, relevant medical literature and guidelines.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical Informatics
  • Clinical Decision Support

Background:

  • Physicians face significant unmet information needs during patient care.
  • Accessing relevant medical literature, textbooks, and guidelines is often challenging in clinical workflows.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To design and implement SmartQuery, a prototype application.
  • To evaluate the clinical utility of context-sensitive links from electronic medical records to medical knowledge sources.

Main Methods:

  • Developed SmartQuery, an application providing context-sensitive links.
  • Conducted a preliminary user evaluation of the SmartQuery prototype.

Main Results:

  • The SmartQuery application demonstrated potential clinical usefulness.

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  • User evaluation provided insights into challenges and future development priorities.

    • Conclusions:

    • Streamlined access to medical knowledge within the electronic medical record is potentially beneficial.
    • Further development of context-aware information retrieval systems is warranted for clinical practice.