Background: Despite increasing emphasis on the role of clinical decision-support systems
(CDSSs) for improving care and reducing costs, evidence to support widespread use is …

Pulmonary embolism is the third most common cause of death from cardiovascular disease
after heart attack and stroke. Sequelae occurring after venous thromboembolism include …

Background Cardiovascular complications, including myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke,
and pulmonary embolism, represent an important source of adverse outcomes in …

Objective To report the improvements achieved with clinical decision support systems and
examine the heterogeneity from pooling effects across diverse clinical settings and …

Background This guideline addressed VTE prevention in hospitalized medical patients,
outpatients with cancer, the chronically immobilized, long-distance travelers, and those with …

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009
that was signed into law as part of the “stimulus package” represents the largest US initiative …

As the United States expends extraordinary efforts toward the digitization of its health-care
system, and as policy makers across the globe look to information technology (IT) as a …

Background: Prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in hospitalized medical
patients is largely underused. We sought to assess the value of a simple risk assessment …

This article discusses the prevention of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and is part of the
Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence …

We systematically reviewed randomized controlled trials (RCTs) assessing the effectiveness
of computerized decision support systems (CDSSs) featuring rule-or algorithm-based …