Open AccessRole of a Digital Clinical Decision–Support System in General Practitioners’ Management of COPD in Norway
Author(s) -
Varun Kumar Vijayakumar,
Tehmina Mustafa,
Bjarte Kjell Nore,
Kjell Yngvard Garatun-Tjeldstø,
Øystein Næss,
Odd Erik Johansen,
Bernt Bøgvald Aarli
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/international journal of copd
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2005
pISSN - 1176-9106
DOI - 10.2147/copd.s319753
Subject(s) - medicine , copd , randomized controlled trial , clinical decision support system , smoking cessation , clinical trial , physical therapy , disease management , gold standard (test) , pulmonary disease , family medicine , disease , decision support system , pathology , artificial intelligence , computer science , parkinson's disease
The study investigated if a web-based clinical decision-support system (CDSS) tool would improve general practitioners' (GPs) accuracy of diagnosis and classification of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and whether nonpharmacological and pharmacological treatment would be better aligned with the COPD guidelines.