Could Critical Care Triaging Be Vastly Improved through Better EHR-Embedded Decision Support?

Earlier this year, The New England Journal of Medicine published a compelling, research-based commentary in its Perspectives section, entitled “Use of Health IT for Higher-Value Critical Care,” by Lena M. Chen, M.D., and several other colleagues. The implications of Dr. Chen’s team’s research findings are potentially far-reaching for hospitals, and especially for CMIOs and other clinical informaticists.