Which clinical decisions benefit from automation? A task complexity approach

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 70, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 309-316

  Sintchenko, Vitali ^a   Coiera, Enrico W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prescribing; Computerised decision support; Medical decision making; Task complexity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DATA PROCESSING; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

ELEMENTARY INFORMATION PROCESSES (EIP);

MEDICAL EDUCATION;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COGNITION; COMPUTER MODEL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EVALUATION; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0041565042     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-5056(03)00040-6     Document Type: Article

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