Computerised decision support systems for healthcare professionals: An interpretative review

Informatics in Primary Care

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 115-128

  Cresswell, Kathrin ^a   Majeed, Azeem ^b   Bates, David W ^c   Sheikh, Aziz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Clinical decision support systems; Implementation

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HUMAN; LITERATURE; REVIEW;

DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877825331     PISSN: 14760320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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