Long-term patterns of online evidence retrieval use in general practice: A 12-month study

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Magrabi, Farah ^a   Westbrook, Johanna I ^b   Kidd, Michael R ^b   Day, Richard O ^a,c   Coiera, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical informatics; Evaluation studies; Evidence based medicine; Family practice; Information retrieval; Internet

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 41949142410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.974     Document Type: Article

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