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Table 3 Algorithm for CDSS [48]

From: Advancing beyond the system: telemedicine nurses’ clinical reasoning using a computerised decision support system for patients with COPD – an ethnographic study

Colour displayed at CDSS

Indication of health symptoms

Green

Stable patient: Self-reported health symptoms unchanged or improved. Oxygen saturation and heart rate within acceptable range, compared to individual reference values.

Yellow

Unstable patient indicating change that need follow-up: oxygen saturation and/or heart rate indicate deterioration from previous day or from hospital discharge. Yellow alert is triggered.

Change indicating: increase in heart rate more than 10 beats/min, reduction in saturation of approximately 5%, an answer to question 1, 2, 3 or 4 defined as “worse”, or question 5 answered with “more than usual” (Table 2).

Red

Unstable patient indicating severe change or critical condition: oxygen saturation and/or heart rate or self-reported health symptoms (Table 2) indicating significant deterioration from previous day or from hospital discharge. Red alert is triggered.

Change indicating: increase in heart rate more than 15 beats/min, reduction in saturation lower than 6%, or daily questionnaire (1–5) answered with “much more than usual” (Table 2).

  1. CDSS computerised decision support system