ReviewJournal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA2018
Interface, information, interaction: a narrative review of design and functional requirements for clinical decision support.
Review in Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
65 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- From interface to outcome: a 4I framework for AI-linked functionality in electronic health records.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2026Pooled it
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- Optimizing Clinical Decision Support System Functionality by Leveraging Specific Human-Computer Interaction Elements: Insights From a Systematic Review.JMIR human factors · 2025Pooled it
- Towards mHealth applications for pet animal owners: a comprehensive literature review of requirements.BMC veterinary research · 2025Pooled it
- Identifying the data elements and functionalities of clinical decision support systems to administer medication for neonates and pediatrics: a systematic literature review.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2023Pooled it
- Effect of Electronic Prescribing Strategies on Medication Error and Harm in Hospital: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of general internal medicine · 2019Pooled it
- Medication safety alert fatigue may be reduced via interaction design and clinical role tailoring: a systematic review.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2019Pooled it
- Trial
- Physicians' preferences for the use of clinical decision support systems in the context of acutely ill children presenting to ambulatory care: a focus group study.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2026Article
- Experiences With Integrating Medical Terminologies Into User Interfaces for a Decision Support System for Primary Care: Conceptual and Development Study.JMIR medical informatics · 2026Article
- Personalized Nutrition Through the Gut Microbiome in Metabolic Syndrome and Related Comorbidities.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Promise and Caution: Mapping Opportunities for AI Decision Support in Emergency Medical Services.Proceedings. IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics · 2026Article
- User-Centered Redesign of a Clinical Decision Support System for Pneumonia in the Emergency Department.Applied clinical informatics · 2026Article
- "I worry we'll blow right by it:" Barriers to Uptake of the STRATIFY-CDS for Acute Heart Failure.Applied clinical informatics · 2025Article
- Clinical decision support systems' effect in reducing medication errors and adverse drug events: an expanded review from Making Healthcare Safer IV.BMJ digital health & AI · 2025Review
- Glucose interpretation meaning and action: enhancing type 1 diabetes decision-making with textual descriptions.Therapeutic advances in endocrinology and metabolism · 2025Article
- Expectations and Requirements of Surgical Staff for an AI-Supported Clinical Decision Support System for Older Patients: Qualitative Study.JMIR aging · 2024Article
- The feasibility of integrating an alcohol screening clinical decision support tool into primary care clinical software: a review and Australian key stakeholder study.BMC primary care · 2024Review
- A Discount Approach to Reducing Nursing Alert Burden.Applied clinical informatics · 2024Article
- An Infrastructure Framework for Remote Patient Monitoring Interventions and Research.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
5 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
10 authors.
Funding
Abstract
Objective: Provider acceptance and associated patient outcomes are widely discussed in the evaluation of clinical decision support systems (CDSSs), but critical design criteria for tools have generally been overlooked. The objective of this work is to inform electronic health record alert optimization and clinical practice workflow by identifying, compiling, and reporting design recommendations for CDSS to support the efficient, effective, and timely delivery of high-quality care. Material and Methods: A narrative review was conducted from 2000 to 2016 in PubMed and The Journal of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society to identify papers that discussed/recommended design features of CDSSs that are associated with the success of these systems. Results: Fourteen papers were included as meeting the criteria and were found to have a total of 42 unique recommendations; 11 were classified as interface features, 10 as information features, and 21 as interaction features. Discussion: Features are defined and described, providing actionable guidance that can be applied to CDSS development and policy. To our knowledge, no reviews have been completed that discuss/recommend design features of CDSS at this scale, and thus we found that this was important for the body of literature. The recommendations identified in this narrative review will help to optimize design, organization, management, presentation, and utilization of information through presentation, content, and function. The designation of 3 categories (interface, information, and interaction) should be further evaluated to determine the critical importance of the categories. Future work will determine how to prioritize them with limited resources for designers and developers in order to maximize the clinical utility of CDSS. Conclusion: This review will expand the field of knowledge and provide a novel organization structure to identify key recommendations for CDSS.
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