The influence of decision commitment and decision guidance on directing...

Academy of Information and Management Sciences Journal;  July 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......decision-aid users direct decision aid recommendations toward their prior...may seek to direct decision aid recommendations toward their prior...less likely to direct decision aid recommendations toward their prior...

Discontinuing in-hospital cardiac resuscitation--validating a clinical...

Bandolier;  May 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......sense. From Canada comes a superb example of a decision aid for perhaps one of the most difficult clinical...resuscitation attempts after a cardiac arrest [1]. Decision aid The decision aid had previously been determined using data from...

Cancer patients' choices clearer with decision aid.(Gastroenterology)

Internal Medicine News;  December 1, 2007 ;     604 words ...CHICAGO -- A decision aid designed to explain choices about...metastatic colorectal cancer. The decision aid was used during a physician consultation...proportion of 107 patients given the decision aid claimed English as their first language...

Clinical Decision Aid for Discontinuing In-Hospital CPR.(Brief Article)

American Family Physician;  October 1, 2001 ;     488 words ......associates attempted to validate a clinical decision aid in predicting survival to discharge...undergoing surgery at the time of arrest. The decision aid was applied to patients who were pulseless...accompanying figure illustrates how the decision aid identified patients who would be ...

Menopausal decisions.

Bandolier;  October 1, 1998 ;     582 words ......side-effects of HRT or to a specially-designed decision aid. The decision aid comprised a 32-page illustrated booklet plus...cancer, or hip fracture. Results Women using the decision aid had significantly less conflict over making a...

Technology could help first responders. (Proto Type).

Poptronics;  September 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......PDA With the CERTIP-developed ChemBio Decision Aid software running on a personal digital...biological agents from victims' symptoms. Decision Aid asks a series of 14 questions (such...information via the Internet to the experts. Decision Aid software can also provide information...

Comprehensive safety tools from Boeing

Sunday Mail;  December 29, 2002 ;     256 words ......training programme on Boeing's Maintenance Error Decision Aid and Ramp Error Decision Aid, which cover maintenance/ramp crew activities...to serious incidents. The Maintenance Error Decision Aid is a structured investigation process used...

Using Nitrogen Wisely.

Resource: Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World;  July 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......released a computerized nitrogen (N) decision aid to help crop producers apply fertilizer. The main goals of the decision aid are to improve N fertilizer use...percent from year to year. The ARS decision aid development began with studies...

Using nitrogen wisely

Resource;  July 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......released a computerized nitrogen (N) decision aid to help crop producers apply fertilizer. The main goals of the decision aid are to improve N fertilizer use...percent from year to year. The ARS decision aid development began with studies...

First response gets re-engineered: will a new sensor and the power of...

Design News;  June 3, 2002 ;     700+ words ......presently in use. The software program Decision Aid reinforces the proper identification...from the optic interferometic sensor. Decision Aid poses questions to EMTs about a patient...it could be uploaded to any computer. Decision Aid is especially important to responders...

A Randomized Trial Comparing Web-Based Decision Aids on Prostate Cancer...

Journal of the National Medical Association;  October 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......masons were randomized to the enhanced decision aid, and 41 masons were randomized to the usual care decision aid. Knowledge scores were statistically...among the men receiving the enhanced decision aid compared to the usual care decision...

Hazardous incident decision aid.(Protecting our homeland)

Law Enforcement Product News;  March 1, 2005 ;     126 words ...The ADASHI (Automated Decision Aid System for Hazardous Incidents) First Response, from OptiMetrics Inc., is a PC-based software program that provides civil authorities...

A case-based distance method for screening in multiple-criteria decision...

Omega;  June 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Screening is a process of multiple-criteria decision aid (MCDA) in which a large set of alternatives...The main tasks of multiple-criteria decision aid (MCDA) are to assist a decision-maker...future research. 2. Multiple-criteria decision aid and screening 2.1. The general ...

Decision aids may increase errors.(Brief Article)

IIE Solutions;  October 1, 2000 ;     316 words ......Half of the participants also had the help of an automated decision aid that was described as highly, but not perfectly, reliable...performing the flight task than those who used a computerized decision aid. The work that Dr. Skitka and her collaborators have performed...

Information cues in decision making: An empirical investigation

The Journal of Computer Information Systems;  July 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......determine optimal parameters for a decision aid, researchers have focused on identifying...37). In some cases the use of a decision aid was found to improve decision outcomes. In other cases, a decision aid had no effect at all on decision...