TY - GEN
T1 - Implementation and evaluation of a decision support systems for the patients of a laboratory service
AU - Kopanitsa, Georgy
AU - Kopanitsa, Zhanna
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - The problem of a decision support of a laboratory service patients originates from the fact that in Russia most patients address laboratory services directly without being referred by a doctor. This leads to the problem of interpretation of test results by the patients without sufficient medical background. So, we have a situation when there is no doctor who can professionally interpret the results. This problem can be solved by a laboratory service if it can provide not only the results of the tests but also their interpretations. This task can be delegated to a decision support system, which can automatically generate interpretation reports and send them to the patients. We have implemented and evaluated such a system in the Helix laboratory service in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. Now, it generates about 3500 reports a day. The implementation of the system allowed increasing the number of patients who refer to a doctor after laboratory tests by 14%. A qualitative study with 100 patients demonstrated a high acceptance of the system. The majority (82%) of the patients reported that they trust the system and follow its advice to visit a doctor if necessary.
AB - The problem of a decision support of a laboratory service patients originates from the fact that in Russia most patients address laboratory services directly without being referred by a doctor. This leads to the problem of interpretation of test results by the patients without sufficient medical background. So, we have a situation when there is no doctor who can professionally interpret the results. This problem can be solved by a laboratory service if it can provide not only the results of the tests but also their interpretations. This task can be delegated to a decision support system, which can automatically generate interpretation reports and send them to the patients. We have implemented and evaluated such a system in the Helix laboratory service in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. Now, it generates about 3500 reports a day. The implementation of the system allowed increasing the number of patients who refer to a doctor after laboratory tests by 14%. A qualitative study with 100 patients demonstrated a high acceptance of the system. The majority (82%) of the patients reported that they trust the system and follow its advice to visit a doctor if necessary.
KW - Decision support
KW - First order predicates
KW - Laboratory information system
KW - Telemedicine
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85030863707&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85030863707&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-67642-5_10
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-67642-5_10
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85030863707
SN - 9783319676418
T3 - Communications in Computer and Information Science
SP - 119
EP - 128
BT - Information and Software Technologies - 23rd International Conference, ICIST 2017, Proceedings
A2 - Damasevieius, Robertas
A2 - Mikasyte, Vilma
PB - Springer Verlag
T2 - 23rd International Conference on Information and Software Technologies, ICIST 2017
Y2 - 12 October 2017 through 14 October 2017
ER -