There are a limited number of scientific studies concerned with the evaluation of DSS in general, and even less concerned with the evaluation of DSS in a clinical context. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical DSS at the Department of Orthopedics at Sahlgrenska University Hospital in order to answer how one should evaluate clinical DSS. We have in our study created a research fr...

At present the Internet provides access to hundreds of gigabytes each of software, documents, sounds, images, and many other types of information [6]. It is only a matter of time before vendors begin deploying DSS on the Web on this type of scale. For DSS to be efficiently discovered on the Web, a protocol that allows DSS information to be found and transmitted must be established. In addition,...

The potential suite of decision support system (DSS) applications deployed by organizations is dynamic and change with advances in computer technology. An understanding of DSS applications is important in planning organization strategy or creating a roadmap that encompasses these changes. This research effort examines the definition of DSS, the assimilation of information technology in organiza...

This paper integrates the theory of institutional economics and the task-technology fit model in order to theorize about DSS success (defined in terms of DSS use and decision quality). Institutional economics (Veblen 1899/1912, Ayres 1944 and Bush 1986, 1987) posits that human behavior is either instrumental (rational and associated with “getting a living”) or ceremonial and associated with cus...

The pathogenic mechanisms responsible for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are poorly understood. In an IBD animal model, the oral administration of polysaccharides such as dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) induced colitis, which exhibited several clinical and histological features similar to IBD. However, pathogenic factors in the development of colitis remain unclear, as do the chemical properties...

Assessing the value of decision support systems (DSS) is an important line of research. Traditionally, researchers adopt user satisfaction and decision performance to measure DSS success. In some cases, however, the use of DSS is not benefit driven. Instead, DSS adoption may be motivated by avoiding decision errors or reducing decision cost, indicating that regret avoidance may be a useful meas...

Several studies have investigated the relevance of Decision Support Systems (DSS) on purchase behaviour. Even though these studies show several aspects of the utility of DSS, they are limited to online purchase situations, the use of one decision making strategy and one DSS technology. In this paper, we therefore develop a theoretical model that measures the impact of DSS strategies relative to...

Decision support is not a cure-all or a panacea. Researchers and managers often focus too much on the anticipated positive consequences of using a specific Decision Support System (DSS). Using a computerized system to support decision making can have anticipated and unanticipated negative consequences. This essay is a starting point in assessing unintended negative consequences. There are many ...