Utility of the electronic information resource UpToDate for clinical decision-making at bedside rounds

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 116-120

  Phua, J ^a   See, K C ^a   Khalizah, H J ^a   Low, S P ^a   Lim, T K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Beside rounds; Clinical decision making; Education; Electronic information resource; UpToDate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNET; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY CARE; SEARCH ENGINE;

COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REFERENCE BOOKS, MEDICAL; TEACHING ROUNDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84857178064     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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