Performance and utilization of an emergency department electronic screening tool for pneumonia

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 699-701

  Dean, Nathan C ^a,c   Jones, Barbara E ^a,c   Ferraro, Jeffrey P ^d   Vines, Caroline G ^b   Haug, Peter J ^d  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Emergency Department   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Center for Informatics Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; LETTER; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84876783248     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.3299     Document Type: Letter

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