Comparison of an oncology clinical decision-support system's recommendations with actual treatment decisions.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

IBM(R) Watson for Oncology (WfO) is a clinical decision-support system (CDSS) that provides evidence-informed therapeutic options to cancer-treating clinicians. A panel of experienced oncologists compared CDSS treatment options to treatment decisions made by clinicians to characterize the quality of CDSS therapeutic options and decisions made in practice.

Methods

This study included patients treated between 1/2017 and 7/2018 for breast, colon, lung, and rectal cancers at Bumrungrad International Hospital (BIH), Thailand. Treatments selected by clinicians were paired with therapeutic options presented by the CDSS and coded to mask the origin of options presented. The panel rated the acceptability of each treatment in the pair by consensus, with acceptability defined

SUBMITTER: Suwanvecho S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7973455 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature