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The Future of Clinical Decision Support Is Silence
We’ve been ignoring the lesson for twenty years. Now the stakes are higher. The Future of Clinical Decision Support is a new series from MDCalc exploring how AI, evidence, and physician judgment are reshaping medicine. These essays are intended to spark discussion about where technology is taking clinical decision support – and where physicians feel it should go. Blaring “Mary Had a Little Lamb” every 4–19 minutes from 2am to 4am in a fluorescent-lit ER has only two outcomes:
Graham Walker, MD
7 min read


New on MDCalc: The VOCAL-Penn Score for Cirrhosis Surgical Risk
Dr. Nadiem Mahmud joins host Dr. Shazia Siddique to introduce the VOCAL-Penn Score, a new MDCalc tool that gives clinicians four evidence-based risk predictions to guide surgical decision-making in patients with cirrhosis.
MDCalc Team
May 182 min read
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