The Role of Spreadsheets in Clinical Decision Support: A Survey of the Medical Algorithms Company User Community

Simon Thorne

The Role of Spreadsheets in Clinical Decision Support: A Survey of the Medical Algorithms Company User Community

Simon Thorne

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

This paper presents and discusses the results of a small scoping survey of Clinical Decision Support
System (CDSS) users from the Medical Algorithms Company website which hosts 24,000 different
CDSS. These results are analysed, discussed, and compared with other similar studies and contribute
to the wider understanding of how CDSS impact on clinical practice. The results show that CDSS
provided by Medal are being used by clinical professionals in a variety of settings, both as an
operational tool and as a research and reference tool. Whilst these tools are implemented and executed
in a database, the initial logic is worked out on a spreadsheet. The paper describes that process and
examines some of the results of the survey.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the EuSpRIG 2017 Conference “Spreadsheet Risk Management”
Editors	Simon Thorne, Grenville J. Croll
Publisher	European Spreadsheet Risks Interest Group
ISBN (Print)	9781905404544
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	EuSpRIG 2017 Conference: “Spreadsheet Risk Management” - Imperial Data Science Institute, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom Duration: 6 Jul 2017 → 6 Jul 2017

Conference

Conference	EuSpRIG 2017 Conference
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	London
Period	6/07/17 → 6/07/17

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Thorne, S 2018, The Role of Spreadsheets in Clinical Decision Support: A Survey of the Medical Algorithms Company User Community. in S Thorne & GJ Croll (eds), Proceedings of the EuSpRIG 2017 Conference “Spreadsheet Risk Management”. European Spreadsheet Risks Interest Group , EuSpRIG 2017 Conference, London, United Kingdom, 6/07/17. <https://eusprig.org/conferences/conference-papers-and-abstracts/>

The Role of Spreadsheets in Clinical Decision Support: A Survey of the Medical Algorithms Company User Community. / Thorne, Simon.
Proceedings of the EuSpRIG 2017 Conference “Spreadsheet Risk Management”. ed. / Simon Thorne; Grenville J. Croll. European Spreadsheet Risks Interest Group , 2018.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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