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Modeling for Decision Support

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Nursing Informatics

Part of the book series: Computers in Health Care ((HI))

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Computerized decision-support systems link computer technology with decision-making algorithms to augment, extend, or replace the judgment of the nurse. Decision modeling is one approach to computerized decision support with implications for clinical nursing. Nurses use decision-modeling systems when further analysis, rather than more data, is needed to solve a decision problem. Implemented primarily on microcomputers, these systems use decision-analytic or multiple criteria models as the structure for analyzing decision problems.

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  1. Patricia Flatley Brennan
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. University of Maryland, 21201, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Marion J. Ball (Associate Vice Chancellor) (Associate Vice Chancellor)

  2. Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary, T2N 1N4, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    Kathryn J. Hannah (Professor) (Professor)

  3. Health Care Information Systems, Stockholm County Council, S-10272, Stockholm, Sweden

    Ulla Gerdin Jelger  & Hans Peterson (Director) &  (Director)

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Brennan, P.F. (1988). Modeling for Decision Support. In: Ball, M.J., Hannah, K.J., Jelger, U.G., Peterson, H. (eds) Nursing Informatics. Computers in Health Care. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4160-5_29

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