Impact of IT-enabled intervention on MRI use for back pain

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Ip, Ivan K ^a   Gershanik, Esteban F ^a   Schneider, Louise I ^a   Raja, Ali S ^a   Mar, Wenhong ^a   Seltzer, Steven ^a   Healey, Michael J ^a   Khorasani, Ramin ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical decision support; Health information technology; Imaging use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT; HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; IMAGING USE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SPINAL DISEASES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901626278     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2014.01.024     Document Type: Article

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