Using personal digital assistants and patient care algorithms to improve access to cardiac care best practices

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 129, Issue , 2007, Pages 117-121

  Momtahan, Kathryn L ^a   Burns, Catherine M ^b   Sherrard, Heather ^c   Mesana, Thierry ^c   Labinaz, Marino ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

cardiac care best practices; clinical decision support; personal digital assistants

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; HEART; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; NURSING;

BEST PRACTICES; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT; COGNITIVE WORK ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL INTERFACE DESIGN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATIONS; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAMS; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS (PDA);

PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROCOMPUTER; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STANDARD; TELEMEDICINE; THORAX PAIN;

ALGORITHMS; CARDIOLOGY; CHEST PAIN; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TELEMEDICINE; TRIAGE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 38449098858     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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