Design of a Clinical Event Monitor
The issues and implementation of a clinical event monitor are described. An event monitor generates messages for providers, patients, and organizations based on clinical events and patient data. For example, an order for a medication might trigger the generation of a warning about a drug interaction...
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Published in | Computers and biomedical research Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. 194 - 221 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
San Diego, CA
Elsevier Inc
01.06.1996
Academic Press |
Subjects | |
Online Access | Get full text |
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Summary: | The issues and implementation of a clinical event monitor are described. An event monitor generates messages for providers, patients, and organizations based on clinical events and patient data. For example, an order for a medication might trigger the generation of a warning about a drug interaction. A model based on the active database literature has as its main components an event (which triggers a rule to fire), a condition (which tests whether an action ought to be performed), and an action (often the generation of a message). The details of implementing such a monitor are described, using as an example the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center clinical event monitor, which is based on the Arden Syntax for Medical Logic Modules. |
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ISSN: | 0010-4809 1090-2368 |
DOI: | 10.1006/cbmr.1996.0016 |