Postanesthesia discharge decision making is a challenging process due to the high complexity and variability of care provided to postoperative patients. We built an ontology-based decision support system that generates discharge recommendations for patients who have undergone surgical procedures. Discharge decisions are made based on patient vitals, symptoms, medical history and details of the ...

This research explores how user and interface characteristics can interact to influence decision performance. Specifically, this research examines the effects of gender, personality similarity, and increased levels of information cues on user involvement with a computer-based decision aid. In addition, this research explores the downstream effects of user involvement on decision time, effort, s...

This article presents the problem of the selection of k best alternatives in the context of multiple criteria decision aid. We situate ourselves in the context of pairwise comparisons of alternatives and the underlying bipolar-valued outranking digraph. We present three formulations for the best k-choice problem and detail how to solve two of them directly on the outranking digraph. Mots-Clefs....

DEXi is an educational Multi Criteria Decision Aid (MCDA) computer program aimed at interactive development of qualitative multi-criteria and hierarchical decision models and the evaluation of options. XMCDA is an emerging data standard which enables the representation of Multi Criteria Decision Aid data elements in XML according to a clearly defined grammar. In this paper we investigate the me...

CONTEXT Most patients undergoing in-hospital cardiac resuscitation do not survive to hospital discharge. In a previous study, we developed a clinical decision aid for identifying all patients undergoing resuscitation who survived to hospital discharge. OBJECTIVE To validate our previously derived clinical decision aid. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Data from a large registry of in-hospi...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To examine the feasibility and acceptability of using a decision aid with an interactive decision-making process in patients with solid tumors and their caregivers during cancer-related treatment. RESEARCH APPROACH A phenomenologic approach was used to analyze qualitative data, with a focus on the meaning of participants' lived experiences. Interviews were conducted by tele...

Computerized system monitors and decision aids are increasingly common additions to critical decision-making contexts such as intensive care units, nuclear power plants and aircraft cockpits. These aids are introduced with the ubiquitous goal of &&reducing human error''. The present study compared error rates in a simulated #ight task with and without a computer that monitored system states and...

       Background: As part of the process of developing a decision aid for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) according to the Ottawa Decision Support Framework, we were interested in the level of ‘decisional conflict’ of hand surgeons and patients with CTS. This study addresses the null hypothesis that there is no difference between surgeon and patient decisional conflict with respect to test and tr...

Increasing the production rate and minimizing the related costs, while optimizing the safety measures, are nowadays’ most important tasks in the mining industry. To these ends, mechanization of mines could be applied, which can result in significant cost reductions and higher levels of profitability for underground mines. The potential of a coal mine mechanization depends on some important fact...

Studies have shown that unilateral cochlear implant users who have residual hearing in the contralateral ear can benefit from combining a hearing aid in the nonimplanted ear with their cochlear implant. The purpose of this study was to better understand the factors influencing decision making by adults. Adults who had discontinued hearing aid use shortly after cochlear implantation were selecte...