Towards public health decision support: A systematic review of bidirectional communication approaches

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 577-583

  Dixon, Brian E ^a,b,c   Gamache, Roland E ^a,b   Grannis, Shaun J ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIDIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

COMMUNICATION; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879980360     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2012-001514     Document Type: Review

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