Protocol system

<p>A <a href="/facts/Computer/SQe1aK05">computer</a>-based protocol system is a <a href="/facts/Paradigm/HXpK3X7a">paradigm</a> providing a set of tools which allow <a href="/facts/Health_professional/m5e2jXHp">health care providers</a> access to current guidelines which they can apply in <a href="/facts/Medical_practice/2fnp90Je">practice</a>. Studies have shown that protocols can aid in optimising <a href="/facts/Patient_care/LPS1WKbI">patient care</a>. There are two types of <a href="/facts/Protocol_(science)/CgKlqHj2">protocol</a> systems: passive and active.
</p><p>In a <a href="/facts/Health_care/LPS1WKbI">healthcare</a> setting, a protocol, also called a <a href="/facts/Medical_guideline/l4EfFfa2">medical guideline</a>, is a set of instructions which describe a process to be followed to investigate a particular set of <a href="/facts/Medical_findings/8tHYydmF">findings</a> in a <a href="/facts/Patient/b0SWyyVD">patient</a>, or the method which should be followed to <a href="/facts/Disease_Control/pWGlacXu">control</a> a certain <a href="/facts/Disease/55eeQlGL">disease</a>.
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Protocol system