Difference between revisions of "MEDITECH Surveillance Rules Engine"
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In MEDITECH 6.1, the Surveillance dictionaries are housed under Quality Management. Both Quality and Clinical staff will use these tools to monitor the patient population.<br> | In MEDITECH 6.1, the Surveillance dictionaries are housed under Quality Management. Both Quality and Clinical staff will use these tools to monitor the patient population.<br> | ||
[[File:MEDITECH Syndromic Surveillance.jpg|600px]] | [[File:MEDITECH Syndromic Surveillance.jpg|600px]] | ||
| + | The Surveillance Rules engine functions differently than the Rules Engine used to apply clinical decision support in ordering and documentation. These rules are comprised of “Facts”. Each fact is built out separately and then added to the rule it’s going to be applied to.<br><br> | ||
| + | The design philosophy behind this was to avoid “reinventing the wheel”. For instance, a “Fact” could say, only look at the INPATIENT population or only assess if a problem wasn’t present on admission. Once facts are built they can be applied to many different rules that assess for different things.<br> | ||
| + | [[File:MEDITECH Surveillance Rules Engine.jpg|400px]] | ||
Revision as of 18:32, 22 August 2016
In MEDITECH 6.1, the Surveillance dictionaries are housed under Quality Management. Both Quality and Clinical staff will use these tools to monitor the patient population.
The Surveillance Rules engine functions differently than the Rules Engine used to apply clinical decision support in ordering and documentation. These rules are comprised of “Facts”. Each fact is built out separately and then added to the rule it’s going to be applied to.
The design philosophy behind this was to avoid “reinventing the wheel”. For instance, a “Fact” could say, only look at the INPATIENT population or only assess if a problem wasn’t present on admission. Once facts are built they can be applied to many different rules that assess for different things.
