Electronic trigger-based intervention to reduce delays in diagnostic evaluation for cancer: A cluster randomized controlled trial

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 31, 2015, Pages 3560-3567

  Murphy, Daniel R ^a   Wu, Louis ^a   Thomas, Eric J ^b   Forjuoh, Samuel N ^c   Meyer, Ashley N D ^a   Singh, Hardeep ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; E-MAIL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LUNG; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SAMPLE SIZE; TIME FACTOR; TIME TO TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SAMPLE SIZE; TIME FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84947215650     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2015.61.1301     Document Type: Article

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