Pilot study of linking web-based supplemental interpretive information to laboratory test reports

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 818-823

  Shirts, Brian H ^a,b   Gundlapalli, Adi V ^a,b   Jackson, Brian ^a,b  

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

^b ARUP INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical chemistry; Infobuttons; Interpretive comments informatics; Laboratory medicine; Reporting; Uniform resource locator; URL

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ONLINE ANALYSIS; ONLINE MONITORING; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INTERNET; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PILOT PROJECTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEARCH ENGINE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 72949085330     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPT7CHN8DLFVGU     Document Type: Article

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