Traffic Light System Intervention Reduces Treatment Inertia in Neurologists
Written by AZoOpticsDec 17 2020
New research reports that one in four clinical decisions by physicians does not meet best practices, but when they reviewed a simple traffic light system before making a clinical decision, uncertainty was minimized by 70% and treatment decisions improved.
Prof. Dr Gustavo Saposnik, a neurologist at St. Michael’s Hospital, a scientist at the hospital’s Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute and lead author of the study. Image Credit: Unity Health Toronto.
Published recently in
JAMA Network Open, the study analyzes the role of autonomic arousal, the stimulation of bodily functions unknowingly regulated, like heart rate or pupil dilation, in therapeutic decision-making.