Web-Based PDA Downloads for Clinical Practice Guidelines and Decision Support Tools

Medical Reference Services Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 57-64

  Beattie, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical information resources; Clinical practice guidelines; Decision support tools; Internet; PDAs

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER LANGUAGE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SUPPORT GROUP;

COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0842290802     PISSN: 02763869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J115v22n04_06     Document Type: Review

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