A Randomized Effectiveness Trial of a Clinical Informatics Consult Service: Impact on Evidence-based Decision-making and Knowledge Implementation

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 203-211

  Mulvaney, Shelagh A ^a   Bickman, Leonard ^b   Giuse, Nunzia B ^a   Lambert, E Warren ^b   Sathe, Nila A ^a   Jerome, Rebecca N ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; ONLINE SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; SATISFACTION;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL MEDICINE; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LIBRARIANS; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL; LIBRARY SERVICES; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TENNESSEE;

EID: 39649116445     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2461     Document Type: Article

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