Evaluating the effectiveness of clinical decision support systems: The case of multimorbidity care

Journal of Decision Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 97-108

  Grace, Audrey ^a   Mahony, Carolanne ^a   O'Donoghue, John ^a   Heffernan, Tony ^b   Molony, David ^b   Carroll, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b Mallow Primary Healthcare Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Clinical decision support systems; Decision making; Information systems; Multimorbidity; Sensibility

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; DISEASES; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH-CARE DECISIONS; HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL GUIDELINES; MULTIMORBIDITY; SENSIBILITY;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 84890196686     PISSN: 12460125     EISSN: 21167052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/12460125.2013.780320     Document Type: Article

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