Analyzing the "careGap": Assessing gaps in adherence to clinical guidelines in adult soft tissue sarcoma

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 186, Issue , 2013, Pages 46-50

  Waks, Zeev ^a   Goldbraich, Esther ^a   Farkash, Ariel ^a   Torresani, Michele ^b   Bertulli, Rossella ^b   Restifo, Nicola ^c   Locatelli, Paolo ^c   Casali, Paolo ^b   Carmeli, Boaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer treatment; Clinical decision support; Clinical practice guidelines; Evidence based medicine; Soft tissue sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICINE; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TUMORS;

CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; CLINICAL GUIDELINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES; CLINICAL PRESENTATIONS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; PATIENT SPECIFIC PARAMETERS; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ONCOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; STANDARD; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886779901     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-240-0-46     Document Type: Conference Paper

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