Does electronic clinical microbiology results reporting influence medical decision making: A pre- and post-interview study of medical specialists

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Bruins, Marjan J ^a   Ruijs, Gijs J H M ^a   Wolfhagen, Maurice J H M ^a   Bloembergen, Peter ^a   Aarts, Jos E C M ^b  

^a ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MEDICINE; STANDARD;

CLINICAL LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; INFECTION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICINE;

EID: 79953075189     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-11-19     Document Type: Article

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