“The information technology capabilities of Australian emergency departments: A nationwide survey”, 2006 CAEP/ACMU Scientific Abstracts. Presented at ICEM 2006, June 3–7, 2006, Halifax.

Details: First national survey of IT capabilities of Australian Emergency departments investigating IM&ICT capabilities. Our study showed significant variations in IM&ICT development and implementation in Australia. Examined perceptions about the capabilities of IM&ICT in advancing health system change and outcome improvements.

Key Authors: Reckmann S, Chu M, Dinh D, Dinh M MSDRG Team Site

“Electronic interface for emergency department management of asthma: A randomized control trial of clinician performance”, Emergency Medicine Australasia. Volume 20 Issue 1 Page 38-44, February 2008.

Details: A randomised control trial of clinician performance and implementation of ACAFE which was the first study of a decision support system designed to solve specific problems relating to ED information flows and adherence to clinical pathways. The result was a dynamic interoperable clinical platform which enabled streamlining and consolidation of ED documentation and facilitated the use of clinical pathways. This was coupled with real time quality control features that allowed the monitoring of trends and variations in clinical practice.

Key Authors: Taylor B, Kwok R, Dinh M, D.Dinh, M.Chu, E. Tang MSDRG Team Site

“An electronic decision support system for asthma management in emergency departments: a sustainable alternative for evidence-based guideline implementation”, Annals of Emergency Medicine, Volume 51, Issue 4, April 2008, 12th International Conference on Emergency Medicine (ICEM 2008) Scientific Abstract Program, San Francisco.

Details: A clinical trial of the decision support system. Of the eight outcomes measured, ACAFE achieved significant improvement in five of them. The most impressive were in the documentation of previous ICU admissions, which jumped from 14% to 90%, severity grading which leapt from 18% to 98%, for asthma action plan, where the proportion of patients who left ED with a plan jumped from 16% to 76%.

Key Authors: Kwok R, Dinh D, Taylor B, Chu M, Dinh M. MSDRG Team Site

“A Multilingual Decision Support Prototype for the Medical Domain”, 2006 Presented at HLT-NAACL, June 8-12, New York.

Key Authors: Chan D, Dinh D, Chen J. PST Research Team Site

“The Asthma Clinical Assessment Form And Electronic Decision Support (ACAFE) Project Collaborative Innovation And Development”, Presentation 435, MEDINFO 2007, 12th World Congress on Health (Medical) Informatics – Building Sustainable Health Systems, Aug 15-23, Australia.

Key Authors: Dinh M, Taylor B, Chu M, Dinh D. MSDRG Team Site

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