Preliminary results of a feasibility study of the use of information technology for identification of suspected colorectal cancer in primary care: The CREDIBLE study

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 112, Issue , 2015, Pages S70-S76

  Kidney, E ^a   Berkman, L ^a   Macherianakis, A ^a   Morton, D ^a   Dowswell, G ^a   Hamilton, W ^b   Ryan, R ^a   Awbery, H ^a   Greenfield, S ^a   Marshall, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Diagnosis; Electronic medical records; Primary care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; ANEMIA; CARCINOMA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIARRHEA; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INTESTINAL POLYPS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; RECTUM;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANEMIA; CARCINOMA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIARRHEA; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL POLYPS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RECTUM; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOFTWARE;

EID: 85027942093     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2015.45     Document Type: Article

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