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Can mHealth help physicians manage patients and reduce their own cognitive workloads? Daniel J. Power and Ciara Heavin mHealth is an umbrella term for any use of mobile devices and telecommunications to support the practice of medic...	DSS Foundations	Jul 21, 2020
What is Technology Leapfrogging? Ciara Heavin and Daniel J. Power The Winter 2020 global coronavirus outbreak created a significant impetus to adopt new technologies to support an...	DSS Foundations	May 09, 2020
Do consumers need decision support capabilities? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Purchase decisions have become increasingly complex with the advent of Internet shopping. Making decisions...	DSS Foundations	Feb 27, 2013
What technologies are central to digital transformation of healthcare? by Ciara Heavin and Daniel J. Power A diverse array of technologies enable and support digital transformation of healthcare. Fitting technologi...	DSS Foundations	Mar 18, 2019
How can data-based decision support facilitate digital transformation of Healthcare? by Daniel J. Power and Ciara Heavin Disentangling the Gordian Knot associated with Digital Transformation of Healthcare remains challenging and s...	DSS Foundations	Mar 18, 2019
What is the status of Clinical and Hospital Administration DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Both clinical and hospital administration decision support are evolving rapidly. HealthIT.gov is an excelle...	Knowledge-driven DSS	May 13, 2016
Why use a common language when developing and using decision support? by Ciara Heavin and Daniel J. Power Developing a common language between developers, managers and other decision support users improves communica...	DSS Foundations	Feb 04, 2017
Who uses computerized decision support and analytics? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM and Ciara Heavin Managing Editor, Journal of Decision Systems Traditionally, many researchers a...	DSS Foundations	Jan 08, 2017
What are examples of clinical decision aids? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM A decision aid is a tool that assists a person in making a specific decision. For example, a highway ...	DSS Foundations	Jul 11, 2019
What influences acceptance of decision support technologies? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Acceptance is an important issue when implementing decision support capabilities especially those that ...	DSS Foundations	May 13, 2012
How can ambient intelligence assist people in decision making? by Daniel J. Power and Ciara Heavin Placing sensors and other computing devices in working and living spaces creates opportunities for real-time c...	DSS Foundations	Aug 06, 2018
What is machine learning? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM "A computing machine learns to make and improve its predictions by performing calculations from data a...	DSS Foundations	Apr 01, 2017
Can DSS help avoid hacking? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Maybe. One way to explore this question is to examine specific hacking examples and consider if DSS w...	DSS Foundations	Oct 15, 2018
What are current trends in BI and Data Analytics? by Ciara Heavin and Daniel J. Power For the foreseeable future, Business Intelligence and data analytics technologies will continue as key enable...	DSS Foundations	Feb 18, 2017
What are the best analytics and 'big data' videos online? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM There are many video on the Web and especially on YouTube relevant to "big data" and analytics. The ...	DSS Foundations	Mar 08, 2014
What factors influence corporate acquisition decision-making success? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM In 2017 in the United States, there were a record number of merger and acquisition transactions with 15,1...	DSS Foundations	May 01, 2019
What is the Pareto Principle? by Daniel J. Power and Ciara Heavin Becoming agile means a person, a group, and the organization team as a whole understands and applies the Paret...	DSS Foundations	Jan 30, 2020
How smart is IBM Watson? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM IBM is heavily promoting a cognitive system named Watson in television ads. A major selling point is t...	Knowledge-driven DSS	Dec 16, 2015
What is the history of Clinical DSS? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSSs) are positively disrupting healthcare and the practice of med...	DSS Foundations	Jul 19, 2019
Can wearable computing devices provide decision support? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Computing devices continue to become smaller and more portable. A wearable computing device can now a...	DSS Foundations	Jun 11, 2017
How is analytics, BI and decision support shaping global society? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Computer-based analysis and decision support began impacting global society in the early 1950s. By 19...	DSS Foundations	Sep 01, 2013
What is the information technology productivity paradox? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Starry-eyed salespeople proclaimed that information technology would revolutionize organizations, cre...	DSS Foundations	Dec 24, 2018
Can computerized decision support encourage health literacy? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM People make poor health choices for many reasons (Carrera, 2014). One reason is a lack of informati...	DSS Foundations	May 29, 2016
What is big data? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Big data is an overused and somewhat confusing phrase. Big data is characterized by high volume, low...	DSS Foundations	Jul 02, 2018
How do data-driven, data-based and data-informed decision making differ? by Ciara Heavin and Daniel J. Power Managers are preoccupied with making better use of data – internal organizational data, customer data, supp...	DSS Foundations	Jul 24, 2017
What criteria should be used for evaluating DSS software packages? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Evaluating software packages is an important task. Some people might be quick to list criteria like e...	Evaluating DSS Projects	Feb 06, 2016
What are the answers to the DSS case study questions at DSSResources.COM? Recently Zam Zawari wrote "I need your guidelines on how to answer the questions in the case 'MeritCare Health System uses Simulation'". At ...	DSS Applications	Aug 16, 2005
What are benefits of Interorganizational DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com In general, an organization can benefit by providing DSS to its customers, suppliers and other significant...	DSS Applications	Mar 19, 2008
What are the skills of a data scientist? by Ciara Heavin Managing Editor, Journal of Decision Systems and Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Like many of the IT professional ...	DSS Foundations	Nov 25, 2016
How does the Internet of Things (IoT) support decision making? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Supporting decision making is broadening in its scope and in available capabilities. According to Pow...	DSS Foundations	Aug 19, 2018
How do predictive analytics support decision making? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Predictive analytics is a general term for using simple and complex models to support anticipatory decisio...	Building DSS	Jul 30, 2012
What is a man-computer symbiosis? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM In 1960, J. C. R Licklider coined the phrase "man-computer symbiosis". He speculated that "man-compute...	DSS Foundations	Jul 18, 2018
Is it advantageous to outsource development and operation of Decision Support Systems? Sometimes! Currently, outsourcing and especially global outsourcing of information technology services is one of the most controversial business, econ...	Evaluating DSS Projects	Aug 07, 2005
What vendors dominate the DSS product space? In terms of Ask Dan! email, questions about DSS software and DSS vendors ranks near the top. What DSS product is best? What is the largest DSS softwar...	Evaluating DSS Projects	Aug 07, 2005
What are the features of a knowledge-driven DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com This is installment #4 about features of computerized decision support systems. The focus is on knowledge-...	Knowledge-driven DSS	Aug 09, 2008
How can managers and technology staff secure decision support data and decision support systems? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Using computers to support business decision making is mission critical in many companies, but security f...	Building DSS	Nov 15, 2007
What is evidence-based decision making? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Evidence-based decision making is a process of reason and rationality. The fast-flowing torrent of co...	DSS Foundations	May 15, 2018
How has the health crisis impacted use of information technologies? by Daniel J. Power The novel coronavirus pandemic has been impacting our lives for many months. People and organizations have rapidly adopted and u...	DSS Foundations	Oct 31, 2020
What are current developments and issues related to group decision support? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Specialized decision rooms with fixed desktop computers have become largely obsolete. Team rooms and corpo...	DSS Foundations	Dec 31, 2013
Why are some organizations slow to adopt new decision support technologies? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Change and innovation continues related to computerized decision support. Some managers seem quick to pur...	DSS Foundations	Jul 22, 2012
What is the relationship of expert systems and business decision support? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Both expert systems and decision support systems attempt to use software to improve decision making. Exper...	Knowledge-driven DSS	Dec 10, 2008
How important is trust to the use of decision support technologies? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Decision support acceptance means that potential users trust the system and its analysis. Trust is e...	DSS Foundations	May 26, 2015
What is the relationship between DSS and Expert Systems? This response was written in reply to Pat Nathan. Pat writes “Hi Dan, What do you think of DSS and Expert Systems?” Pat’s other questions are qu...	Knowledge-driven DSS	Aug 06, 2005
How does a Web-based DSS differ from a Web-enabled DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com In 1998, I noted that “when vendors propose a Web-based DSS they are referring to a computerized system...	DSS Foundations	Aug 06, 2005
What do managers need to know about DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com All managers need to master the what, when, who and why of computerized decision support systems (DSS). M...	DSS Theory	Oct 02, 2011
What is the technology adoption curve? Is it relevant to DSS? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM The technology adoption curve (TAC) is a theory about how individuals and organizations behave in impl...	DSS Theory	Dec 31, 2019
What is the difference between a DBMS and an RDBMS? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM DBMS is an umbrella term for different types of database management system (DBMS) technologies. A rela...	DSS Foundations	Jan 02, 2017
How is digital transformation changing accounting? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM People no longer perform most traditional accounting tasks. Today accounting is much more than record...	DSS Foundations	Nov 21, 2020
What are Decision Support technology trends? At the turn of the year, it is common to think about trends and future developments related to many topics. The pace of technology change is speeding ...	Evaluating DSS Projects	Aug 07, 2005
What is digital disruption? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Digital disruption can be viewed as either a problem or as an opportunity or even perhaps as both sim...	DSS Foundations	May 14, 2019

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