Use of clinical decision support to improve the quality of care provided to older hospitalized patients

Applied Clinical Informatics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 94-102

  Groshaus, H ^a,b   Boscan, A ^a,b   Khandwala, F ^a   Holroyd Leduc, Jayna ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computerized order set; Falls; Knowledge translation; Older inpatients

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865066694     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18690327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4338/ACI-2011-08-RA-0047     Document Type: Article

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