| Medical practice and informatics tools: a vignette. | |
| | |
MedLine Citation:
|
PMID: 9934293 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
|
In this article the authors recreate an improvisational vignette originally presented at the Third Annual Information Connection in Burlington, Vermont, in January 1998. The vignette illustrates various state-of-the-art decision-support systems for clinical care and their promises and problems in real-world medical practice. The characters are Dr. Alex Grant, a rural physician in solo practice; Anna Everett, a patient suffering from chronic headaches; Bob, a hospital librarian; and Sarah, Dr. Grant's nurse. The short play centers on Dr. Grant's attempt to diagnose the cause of Anna's headaches (which he and she believe to be sinus-related) and the roles information technologies--Medline searching, Anna's own Internet searches, the use of MDConsult, which provides Internet access to standard medical texts, journals, etc., and a desktop decision-support tool called Problem Knowledge Couplers--play in this process. The vignette concludes with the realization that while computer technologies can be of great help in medicine "there is still a need for a good doctor to pull it all together." |
| | |
Authors:
|
J J McGowan; K W Michl; D L O'Malley; S Parrish |
Related Documents
:
|
1546943 - Telemedicine: military applications. 15537133 - Adding user-friendliness and ease of implementation to continuous speech recognition te... 8899583 - The hidden savings of an on-site corporate medical center. |
Publication Detail:
|
Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
|
Title: Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges Volume: 74 ISSN: 1040-2446 ISO Abbreviation: Acad Med Publication Date: 1999 Jan |
Date Detail:
|
Created Date: 1999-02-18 Completed Date: 1999-02-18 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
|
Nlm Unique ID: 8904605 Medline TA: Acad Med Country: UNITED STATES |
Other Details:
|
Languages: eng Pagination: 37-41 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
Affiliation:
|
Department of Pediatrics, University of Vermont College of Medicine (UVCOM), Burlington 05405-0068, USA. julie.mcgowan@vtmednet.org |
Export Citation:
|
APA/MLA Format Download EndNote Download BibTex |
| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
|
Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted Humans MEDLINE Medical Informatics* |
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
Previous Document: Informing the teaching process: lessons from the educational sciences.
Next Document: Stories for a humanistic medicine.