Using real-time alerts for clinical trials: Identifying potential study subjects

Applied Clinical Informatics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 472-480

  Chow, E ^a   Zuberi, M ^a,b   Seto, R ^a   Hota, S ^a   Fish, E N ^b,d   Morra, Dante ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alerting; Clinical trials conduct; Clinical trials recruitment; Handheld devices; Messaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884478800     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18690327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4338/ACI-2011-04-CR-0026     Document Type: Article

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