Objectives:
Evidence-Based Medicine electronic Decision Support (EBMeDS) is a tool that allows the combining of evidence and knowledge with individual patient data in order to produce patient-specific guidance. EBMeDS is essentially based on the results of Cochrane reviews, and it provides a flexible, multilingual tool for integrating Cochrane evidence with any EHR or patient health record (PHR).
The objectives of the workshop are as follows:
1. Present a simple and flexible tool for providing patient specific guidance based on Cochrane evidence
2. Demonstrate tools for building a global community of authors and peer-reviewers of decision support functionality
3. Discuss the content, prospects and practical arrangements of cooperation.
Description:
The facilitators of this workshop will present the participants the EBMeDS tools that can be integrated into any EHR or PHR containing at least partially structured patient data. This is followed by a demo and tutorial of web-based editorial software that allows Cochrane reviewers and other health care professionals to describe decision support functions in plain language, link relevant evidence, and plan the logic. The participants are asked to discuss for about 15 minutes in groups of 2 - 5, after which a general discussion follows. In the discussion, the participants share ideas on the objectives, priorities, and practical arrangements of a global community for producing and updating the contents of a Cochrane-based decision support library.