Title |
Development and initial evaluation of a treatment decision dashboard
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Published in |
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, April 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1472-6947-13-51 |
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Authors |
James G Dolan, Peter J Veazie, Ann J Russ |
Abstract |
For many healthcare decisions, multiple alternatives are available with different combinations of advantages and disadvantages across several important dimensions. The complexity of current healthcare decisions thus presents a significant barrier to informed decision making, a key element of patient-centered care.Interactive decision dashboards were developed to facilitate decision making in Management, a field marked by similarly complicated choices. These dashboards utilize data visualization techniques to reduce the cognitive effort needed to evaluate decision alternatives and a non-linear flow of information that enables users to review information in a self-directed fashion. Theoretically, both of these features should facilitate informed decision making by increasing user engagement with and understanding of the decision at hand. We sought to determine if the interactive decision dashboard format can be successfully adapted to create a clinically realistic prototype patient decision aid suitable for further evaluation and refinement. |
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Argentina | 1 | 14% |
Unknown | 2 | 29% |
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Canada | 2 | <1% |
Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
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Researcher | 25 | 11% |
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Student > Bachelor | 13 | 6% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 37 | 17% |
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Business, Management and Accounting | 13 | 6% |
Psychology | 10 | 5% |
Other | 47 | 21% |
Unknown | 53 | 24% |