Institute:Office of National Coordinator (ONC) Workforce Training Curriculum
Component:The Culture of Health Care
Unit:Health Care Processes and Decision Making
Lecture:The clinical process - overview of the classic paradigm
Gathering data and analyzing findings
Making a diagnosis
The impact of EHRs and technology on clinical decision-making
Slide content:Health Care Processes and Decision Making Summary Lecture a Looked at types of information that clinicians use in the course of managing patients Defined the role and nature of a clinician Examined the classic paradigm of the clinical process and also looked at some alternate paradigms Correlated patient questions with diagnostic process 17
Slide notes:This concludes Lecture a of Health Care Processes and Decision Making . In summary, this lecture looked at the central theorem of health informatics and at the types of information that clinicians use while managing patients. The role and nature of a clinician were defined, the classic paradigm of the clinical process was outlined, and some alternative paradigms were discussed. The typical questions that patients ask were correlated with the classic steps that clinicians use to make a diagnosis and devise a treatment plan. 17