Clinical guidelines online: Do they improve compliance?

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 945, 2004, Pages 415-419

  Williams, J G ^a   Cheung, W Y ^a   Price, D E ^a   Tansey, R ^a   Russell, I T ^b   Duane, P D ^c   Al Ismail, S A ^c   Wani, M A ^c  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERTAWE BRO MORGANNWG UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEM; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTRANET; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STAFF; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RESIDENT; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

ALGORITHMS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; INTERNET; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; WALES;

EID: 3242719464     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2003.015974     Document Type: Review

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