Assessing the Safety of a New Clinical Decision Support System for a National Helpline

We assessed the safety of a new clinical decision support system (CDSS) for nurses on Australia's national consumer helpline. Accuracy and safety of triage advice was assessed by testing the CDSS using 78 standardised patient vignettes (48 published and 30 proprietary). Testing was undertaken in two cycles using the CDSS vendor's online evaluation tool (Cycle 1: 47 vignettes; Cycle 2: 41 vignettes). Safety equivalence was examined by testing the existing CDSS with the 47 vignettes from Cycle 1. The new CDSS triaged 66% of vignettes correctly compared to 57% by the existing CDSS. 15% of vignettes were overtriaged by the new CDSS compared to 28% by the existing CDSS. 19% of vignettes were undertriaged by the new CDSS compared to 15% by the existing CDSS. Overall performance of the new CDSS appears consistent and comparable with current studies. The new CDSS is at least as safe as the old CDSS.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:310

Enthalten in:

Studies in health technology and informatics - 310(2024) vom: 25. Jan., Seite 514-518

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Luckraj, Nirvana [VerfasserIn]
Strazzari, Renee [VerfasserIn]
Coiera, Enrico [VerfasserIn]
Magrabi, Farah [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Clinical decision support
Consumer
Evaluation
Health self-management
Journal Article
Patient safety
Symptom checker
Telephone triage

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Date Completed 26.01.2024

Date Revised 26.01.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3233/SHTI231018

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367602849