[AISWorld] [AJIS] New Article: Meta-design knowledge for Clinical Decision Support Systems

[Ajis Editor]

Hi,

The *Australasian Journal of In*formation Systems has just published its
latest article.


*Meta-design knowledge for Clinical Decision Support SystemsShah Miah,
Jacqui Blake & Don Kerr *
https://doi.org/10.3127/ajis.v24i0.2049

*Abstract*
Knowledge gained from a Decision Support Systems (DSS) design should
ideally be reusable by DSS designers and researchers. The majority of
existing DSS research has mainly focused on empirical problem solving
rather than on developing principles that could inform solution approaches
for other user contexts. Design Science Research (DSR) has contributed to
effective development of various innovative DSS artefacts and associated
knowledge development, but there has been limited progress on new knowledge
development from a practical problem context, going beyond product and
process descriptions. For DSS applications such as Clinical Decision
Support Systems (CDSS) design and development, relevant reusable
prescriptive knowledge is of significance not only to understand mutability
but also to extend application of theory across domains. In this paper, we
develop new design knowledge abstracted from the approach taken in a
representative case of innovative CDSS development, specified as an
architecture and six design principles. The CDSS design artefact was
initially designed for a specific clinical need is shown to be flexible for
meeting demands of knowledge production both for diagnosis and treatment.
It is argued that the proposed general strategy is applicable to designing
CDSS artefacts in similar problem domains representing an important
contribution of design knowledge both in DSS and DSR fields.

*Keywords*: Decision Support Systems, DSS, Clinical DSS, IS Theory, Design
Science Research, Public healthcare

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