T HE cases in this report were selected from our routine material because of some interesting clinical or pathologic feature. They have little that is new to add to otur clinical ahd pathologic knowledge, but perhaps will refresh for us some of the clinical and pathologic possibilities. The history in most of the cases is very brief, because material was sent to the laboratory from practitioner...

This tutorial will provide attendees with a practical approach to developing and deploying clinical decision support (CDS) interventions that measurably improve outcomes of interest to a health care delivery organization. The speakers will address both foundational capabilities for building successful CDS program as well as practical details for selecting, configuring, deploying and monitoring ...

Despite the promise of decision support for improving care, alerts are often overridden or ignored. We evaluated Dutch general practitioners' intention to accept decision support in a proposed implementation based on clinical rules regarding care for elderly patients, and their reasons for wanting or not wanting support. We developed a survey based on literature and structured interviews and di...

Finding relevant literature underpins the practice of evidence-based medicine. From 2014 to 2016, TREC conducted a clinical decision support track, wherein participants were tasked with finding articles relevant to clinical questions posed by physicians. In total, 87 teams have participated over the past three years, generating 395 runs. During this period, each team has trialled a variety of m...