Technical feasibility of an online decision support system for acute coronary syndromes

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 694-700

  DeBusk, Robert F ^a   Miller, Nancy Houston ^a   Raby, Lynda ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ALGORITHMS; AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; CHEST PAIN; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650204093     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.109.931915     Document Type: Article

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