Computer protocols: how to implement

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Anaesthesiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-67

  Morris, A H ^a,b   Hirshberg, E ^a,b   Sward, K A ^b,c  

^a LDS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical; computer protocols; development; glucose; intensive care; method; process; replicability

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NOISE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL DETECTION; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, MANAGEMENT; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING;

EID: 61949310153     PISSN: 15216896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpa.2008.09.002     Document Type: Review

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