AHRQ white paper: Use of clinical decision rules for point-of-care decision support

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 712-721

  Ebell, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

decision support techniques; efficiency; hospital medicine; primary care; provider decision making; quality of care; systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPERT WITNESS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EXPERT TESTIMONY; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY;

EID: 78650835438     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X10386232     Document Type: Article

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