Enhancement of clinicians' diagnostic reasoning by computer-based consultation: A multisite study of 2 systems

JAMA

Volumn 282, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 1851-1856

  Friedman, Charles P ^a   Elstein, Arthur S ^b   Wolf, Fredric M ^d   Murphy, Gwendolyn C ^f   Franz, Timothy M ^f   Heckerling, Paul S ^c   Fine, Paul L ^e   Miller, Thomas M ^f   Abraham, Vijoy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT;

EID: 0033579162     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.282.19.1851     Document Type: Article

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