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Assessing the safety of a new clinical decision support system for a national helpline.

February 14, 2024

Luckraj N, Strazzari R, Coiera E, et al. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2024;310:514-518.

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Clinical decision support systems (CDSS) are used in a multitude of healthcare settings to support safe, high-quality patient care. Using standardized patient vignettes, this study found that a new CDSS to support telephone triage used by nurses in Australia was accurate and at least as safe as the CDSS currently being used.

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