Evidence-based decision support for neurological diagnosis reduces errors and unnecessary workup

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 487-492

  Segal, Michael M ^a   Williams, Marc S ^b   Gropman, Andrea L ^c   Torres, Alcy R ^d   Forsyth, Rob ^e   Connolly, Anne M ^f   El Hattab, Ayman W ^g   Perlman, Seth J ^f   Samanta, Debopam ^h   Parikh, Sumit ⁱ   Pavlakis, Steven G ^j   Feldman, Lynn K ^a   Betensky, Rebecca A ^k   Gospe, Sidney M ^l  

^a SimulConsult Inc   (United States)

^b GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

ⁱ LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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Author keywords

decision support; diagnosis; errors; genetics; medical informatics; neurogenetics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; VIGNETTE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; INTERNET; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84899015486     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073813483365     Document Type: Article

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