Protocol for the quick clinical study: A randomised controlled trial to assess the impact of an online evidence retrieval system on decision-making in general practice

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Coiera, Enrico ^a   Magrabi, Farah ^a   Westbrook, Johanna I ^a   Kidd, Michael R ^b   Day, Richard O ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONICS; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; ONLINE SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCRIPTION; REGISTER; RETIREMENT; SELF REPORT; ADULT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 33748691997     PISSN: 14726947     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-6-33     Document Type: Article

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