Evidence-based practice for mere mortals: The role of informatics and health services research

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 302-308

  Sim, Ida ^a   Sanders, Gillian D ^b   MacDonald, Kathryn M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Evidence based medicine; Guidelines; Knowledge bases; Medical informatics

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE; TECHNOLOGY;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036231765     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2002.10518.x     Document Type: Review

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