Visualization in clinical decision support system for antibiotic treatment

The inappropriate use of antibiotics causes a decrease in their efficacy to defeat infections due to the resistance developed by microorganisms. In a hospital context, the antibiograms play a fundamental role to select the right antibiotic for each patient. The objective of this work is to use and extend data visualization techniques to boost the understanding of the antibiograms in a hospital as part of clinical decision support system for infections management. In this work we present and analyse three models of visualization that cover the information needs in the identified clinic tasks and the assessment of the users’ performance and the users’ experience developed by physicians.