Knowledge translation of the American college of emergency physicians' Clinical Policy on Syncope using computerized clinical decision support

International Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 97-104

  Melnick, Edward R ^a,b   Genes, Nicholas G ^a   Chawla, Neal K ^a   Akerman, Meredith ^b   Baumlin, Kevin M ^a   Jagoda, Andy ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical decision support systems; Informatics; Knowledge translation; Practice guidelines; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLICATION; SYNCOPE;

EID: 77954141713     PISSN: 18651372     EISSN: 18651380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12245-010-0168-x     Document Type: Article

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