Formative evaluation of a patient-specific clinical knowledge summarization tool.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To iteratively design a prototype of a computerized clinical knowledge summarization (CKS) tool aimed at helping clinicians finding answers to their clinical questions; and to conduct a formative assessment of the usability, usefulness, efficiency, and impact of the CKS prototype on physicians' perceived decision quality compared with standard search of UpToDate and PubMed.

Materials and methods

Mixed-methods observations of the interactions of 10 physicians with the CKS prototype vs. standard search in an effort to solve clinical problems posed as case vignettes.

Results

The CKS tool automatically summarizes patient-specific and actionable clinical recommendations from PubMed (high quality randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews) and UpToDate. T

SUBMITTER: Del Fiol G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4701588 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature