Information and communication technologies for the dissemination of clinical practice guidelines to health professionals: A systematic review

JMIR Medical Education

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  de Angelis, Gino ^a   Davies, Barbara ^b   King, Judy ^a   McEwan, Jessica ^c   Cavallo, Sabrina ^a   Loew, Laurianne ^a   Wells, George A ^d   Brosseau, Lucie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electronic mail; Email; Health information technologies; Health professions; Information dissemination; Practice guidelines; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 85022339410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23693762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mededu.6288     Document Type: Review

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