Towards knowledge-based systems in clinical practice: Development of an integrated clinical information and knowledge management support system

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-80

  Kalogeropoulos, Dimitris A ^a   Carson, Ewart R ^a   Collinson, Paul O ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MAYDAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Integrated clinical information management support; Knowledge based systems integration; Medical decision support

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; REDUCTION;

CLINICAL PRACTICE;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISEASE MODEL; DISORDERS OF ACID BASE BALANCE; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; LEARNING; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CODING; PREDICTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037823507     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2607(02)00118-9     Document Type: Article

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