A pilot study of distributed knowledge management and clinical decision support in the cloud

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-53

  Dixon, Brian E ^a,b,c   Simonaitis, Linas ^a,b   Goldberg, Howard S ^d,e   Paterno, Marilyn D ^e   Schaeffer, Molly ^e   Hongsermeier, Tonya ^e   Wright, Adam ^d,f   Middleton, Blackford ^d,e  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical decision support systems; Computer Assisted Decision Making; Information dissemination; Knowledge management; Log file analysis; Medical informatics; Preventive health services; Qualitative analysis

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; COMPUTER-ASSISTED DECISION MAKING; HEALTH SERVICES; LOG-FILE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTEROPERABILITY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SEMANTICS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; COMPUTER-ASSISTED DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; LOG FILE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 84883550984     PISSN: 09333657     EISSN: 18732860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.artmed.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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