Could an open-source clinical trial data-management system be what we have all been looking for?

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 0347-0349

  Fegan, Greg W ^a,b   Lang, Trudie A ^c  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHORT SURVEY; TECHNOLOGY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); ECONOMICS; HUMAN;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 41549123626     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050006     Document Type: Short Survey

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