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The development and evaluation of a hybrid decision support system for clinical decision making: the case of discharge from the military
- Authors:
- BENBENISHTY Rami, TREISTMAN Robin
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Research, 22(4), December 1998, pp.195-204.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This article reports on the development, implementation, and evaluation of a decision support system (DSS), a hybrid of a statistical model (regression equation) and expert rules, to support this decision. The study focused on the decisions made by social workers, psychologists, and psychiatrists serving as military mental health officers to recommend discharge from compulsory duty in the Israeli army because of mental or emotional difficulties. The validity of this hybrid DSS was established. User acceptance was low. This article discusses these findings and their implications for practice.