The use and effectiveness of electronic clinical decision support tools in the ambulatory/primary care setting: A systematic review of the literature

Informatics in Primary Care

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 79-91

  Bryan, Cathy ^a,b   Boren, Suzanne Austin ^a,c  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b CINA Inc

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Clinical decision support systems; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; LONG ACTING DRUG; NITRATE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; THEOPHYLLINE;

AMBULATORY CARE; ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRONICS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFLUENZA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDLINE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; OTITIS MEDIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 51749124911     PISSN: 14760320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14236/jhi.v16i2.679     Document Type: Review

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