Decision support software to help primary care physicians triage skin cancer: A pilot study

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 187-192

  Gerbert, Barbara ^a   Bronstone, Amy ^a   Maurer, Toby ^b   Hofmann, Roger ^c   Berger, Timothy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c West Portal Software Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SAN FRANCISCO; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOFTWARE; TRIAGE;

EID: 0033952714     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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