Development of a computer-based clinical decision support tool for selecting appropriate rehabilitation interventions for injured workers

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 597-609

  Gross, Douglas P ^a,b   Zhang, Jing ^a   Steenstra, Ivan ^c,d   Barnsley, Susan ^e   Haws, Calvin ^b   Amell, Tyler ^f   McIntosh, Greg ^g   Cooper, Juliette ^h   Zaiane, Osmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Workers' Compensation Board Alberta Millard Health   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e Workers' Compensation Board Alberta   (Canada)

^f Centric Health   (Canada)

^g CBI Health Group   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Classification; Compensation and redress; Machine learning; Musculoskeletal diseases; Prediction; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; RETURN TO WORK;

ADULT; ALBERTA; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CLASSIFICATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; RETURN TO WORK; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 84886095059     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-013-9430-4     Document Type: Article

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