| CODS | Charnes organizational diagnosis survey |
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| IOP | improving organizational performance; intraocular pressure |
| NOCDQ | nursing organizational climate description questionnaire |
| TMT | tarsometatarsal; Trail-Making Test; trimethyllin |
| CDSS | clinical decision support system |
| decision analysis | A derivative of operations research and game theory that involves identifying all available choices and the potential outcomes of each, in a series of decisions that have to be made about patient care-diagnostic procedures, therapeutic regimens, prognostic expectations; the range of choices can be plotted on a decision tree. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| decision notice | The written record of a federal agency decision after an environmental assessment. The decision notice chooses one of the alternatives, or a blend of the alternatives. A decision notice is subject to appeal. (05 Dec 1998) |
| decision support systems, clinical | Computer-based information systems used to integrate clinical and patient information and provide support for decision-making in patient care. (12 Dec 1998) |
| decision support systems, management | Computer-based systems that enable management to interrogate the computer on an ad hoc basis for various kinds of information in the organization, which predict the effect of potential decisions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| decision support techniques | Mathematical or statistical procedures used as aids in making a decision. They are frequently used in medical decision-making. (12 Dec 1998) |
| decision theory | A theoretical technique utilizing a group of related constructs to describe or prescribe how individuals or groups of people choose a course of action when faced with several alternatives and a variable amount of knowledge about the determinants of the outcomes of those alternatives. (12 Dec 1998) |
| decision tree | Alternative choices available at each stage of deciding how to manage a clinical problem, displayed graphically; at each branch or decision node, the probabilities of each outcome that can be predicted are shown; the relative worth of each outcome is described in terms of its utility or quality of life, e.g., as measured by probability of life expectancy or freedom from disability. (05 Mar 2000) |
| decision trees | A graphic device used in decision analysis, series of decision options are represented as branches (hierarchical). (12 Dec 1998) |