Impact of clinical reminder redesign on physicians' priority decisions

Applied Clinical Informatics

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 466-485

  Wu, Sze Jung ^a   Lehto, Mark R ^a   Yih, Yuehwern ^a   Saleem, Jason J ^b,c,d   Doebbeling, B N ^b,d,e  

^a SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (United States)

^b RICHARD L ROUDEBUSH VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis   (United States)

^d REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computerized clinical reminders; Decision support; health information technology; HIT

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869112422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18690327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4338/ACI-2010-05-RA-0029     Document Type: Article

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