| Now | 2002 |
|---|---|
| physician as self-contained Machine | the "non-perfectability of man *", recognition of cognitive constraints |
| CME courses, self-study | error analysis, systems design, education at point of care |
| physician hunts, assembles, weighs, sorts, presents, maintains information | physician assesses bundled, pre-packaged information |
| literature searches, Boolean logic | knowledge-base searches, Boolean logic, hypertext |
See also: Elson RB, Faughnan, JG, Connelly, DP. An industrial process view of information delivery to support clinical decision making: implications for systems design and process measures. Elson's Publications Index and Clinical Decision Support (Elson)
[*] The article title and most citations used the word "perfectability". My spelling checker and Merriam-Webster say it ought to be perfectibility. It's likely a correct variant, but it is a neat example of something!