Diagnostic Decision Support Systems: How to Determine the Gold Standard?

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 608-610

  Berner, Eta S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; SATISFACTION;

EID: 0242412521     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197//jamia.M1416     Document Type: Editorial

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