Information in medical decision making: How consistent is our management?

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 514-521

  Lorence, Daniel P ^a,c   Spink, Amanda ^a   Jameson, Robert ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CDS Research   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated edits; Data quality; Decision support; Regional; Systems; Timeliness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING;

EID: 0036847837     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X02238295     Document Type: Article

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