Designing of clinical information update system for clinicians on Covid-19: A commentary

Abstract

The valid clinical information can help health-care providers to make the right decisions and enable them to provide better services to patients.[1] In addition, valid clinical information helps clinicians to be more confident in their decisions. Therefore, access to and use of valid clinical information in a specific protocol format in addition to guarantee health-care specialists and patients’ rights can lead to lower costs for health- care centers and increase the satisfaction of recipients (patients) and accuracy of clinicians in the therapeutic process. Given the importance of evidence-based medicine (EBM) and this fact that the outcome of this process will be clinical judgment, therefore, the use of clinical information for clinical professionals as a clinical judgment feed source is inevitable. In the Covid-19 crisis, clinicians are less likely to use the latest scientific evidence in diagnostic and therapeutic processes because of specific conditions such as lack of time, workload, insufficient time to read scientific papers and peer experiences, and lack of on-site information technology facilities. However, given the unknown dimensions of the virus, clinical professionals’ accessibility and their use of the latest scientific findings are very important. For example, some countries have already shared the results of its experiences and scientific findings with other countries, and this has been a crucial factor in preventing, diagnosing, and even treating large numbers of patients in other countries.