Telemedicine with clinical decision support for critical care: A systematic review

Systematic Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Mackintosh, Nicola ^a   Terblanche, Marius ^b,c   Maharaj, Ritesh ^d   Xyrichis, Andreas ^c   Franklin, Karen ^b   Keddie, Jamie ^b   Larkins, Emily ^c   Maslen, Anna ^c   Skinner, James ^c   Newman, Samuel ^b   De Sousa Magalhaes, Joana Hiew ^a   Sandall, Jane ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical decision support; Critical care; Patient safety; Systematic review; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; EPIDEMIOLOGY; TRENDS;

CONTROLLED BEFORE-AFTER STUDIES; CRITICAL CARE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84992110606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20464053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13643-016-0357-7     Document Type: Article

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