Effects of a supportive protocol processing system (ProtoVIEW) on clinical behaviour of residents in the Accident and Emergency department

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 177-184

  Vissers, M C ^a   Biert, J ^b   Van Der Linden, C J ^b   Hasman, A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

algorithms; clinical protocols; decision support systems, management; decision making, computer assisted; randomized controlled trials; traumatology

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; PATIENT TREATMENT;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; PROTOVIEW SYSTEM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SUPPORTIVE PROTOCOL PROCESSING SYSTEM;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRAUMATOLOGY;

EID: 0030111027     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-2607(95)01714-3     Document Type: Article

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