A guideline-based computerised decision support system (CDSS) to influence general practitioners management of chronic heart failure

Informatics in Primary Care

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-39

  Toth Pal, Eva ^a   Wårdh, Inger ^a   Strender, Lars Erik ^a   Nilsson, Gunnar ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Computerised decision support systems; Guideline implementation; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 45349101464     PISSN: 14760320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14236/jhi.v16i1.672     Document Type: Article

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