Improving uptake of a breast screening programme: A knowledge management approach for opportunistic intervention

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 121, Issue , 2006, Pages 191-197

  Baskaran, Vikraman ^a   Bali, Rajeev K ^a   Arochena, Hisbel ^a   Naguib, Raouf N G ^a   Wheaton, Margot ^b   Wallis, Matthew ^b  

^a Faculty of Health and Life Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast screening; intervention; KM; primary care

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; DISEASES; INFORMATION USE; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

BREAST CANCER; BREAST SCREENING; HEALTHCARE ORGANISATIONS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INTERVENTION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY CARE; QUALITY OF CARE;

DIAGNOSIS;

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EXPERT SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 39049188562     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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