Identifying diagnostic errors in primary care using an electronic screening algorithm

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 302-308

  Singh, Hardeep ^a   Thomas, Eric J ^c,d   Khan, Myrna M ^a,b   Petersen, Laura A ^a,b  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ELECTRONICS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 33846993048     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.167.3.302     Document Type: Article

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