Formulating Management Strategies Using Fast-and-Frugal Trees (A Decision Tool to Transform Clinical Practice Guidelines and Clinical Pathways into Decision Support at the Point of Care)

Benjamin Djulbegovic; Iztok Hozo

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-37993-2_5

Formulating Management Strategies Using Fast-and-Frugal Trees (A Decision Tool to Transform Clinical Practice Guidelines and Clinical Pathways into Decision Support at the Point of Care)

Cancer Treat Res. 2023:189:67-75. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-37993-2_5.

Authors

Benjamin Djulbegovic¹, Iztok Hozo²

Affiliations

¹ Hematology Stewardship Program, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA. [email protected].
² Department of Mathematics, Indiana University Northwest, Gary, IN, USA.

PMID: 37789161
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-37993-2_5

Abstract

Clinical management is rarely based on the collection of one data item. Instead, it is typically characterized by the continuous collection and evaluation of clinical data (symptoms, signs, laboratory, imaging tests, etc.) to establish a platform for further management decisions.

MeSH terms

Critical Pathways*
Humans
Point-of-Care Systems
Trees*