Advanced Pervasive Clinical Decision Support for the Intensive Care Unit

Abstract

Abstract-Clinical decision support systems (CDSS) already have proven their use in supporting physicians and nurses in their daily responsibilities. However the uptake of these systems remains low. This is due to a number of reasons, such as little to no integration within the workflow of the medical staff, a multitude of available devices and a large amount of medical data that has to be processed. This research focusses on closing the communication gap between software engineers and domain experts and on integrating CDSS into the workflow of the medical staff by providing support at the right time, at the right place on the most suitable device, based on the current context. This way the variation in care can be reduced and costs are minimized.