Do computer generated ECG reports improve interpretation by accident and emergency senior house officers?

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 909, 2001, Pages 455-457

  Goodacre, S ^a   Webster, A ^a   Morris, F ^a  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accident and emergency; Computer reading systems; Electrocardiogram

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0034947441     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.77.909.455     Document Type: Article

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