Users' guides to the medical literature: XVIII. How to use an article evaluating the clinical impact of a computer-based clinical decision support system

JAMA

Volumn 282, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-74

  Randolph, Adrienne G ^a   Haynes, R Brian ^b   Wyatt, Jeremy C ^c   Cook, Deborah J ^b   Guyatt, Gordon H ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; INTERNET; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0033532984     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.282.1.67     Document Type: Review

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