Evaluating a mobile application for improving clinical laboratory test ordering and diagnosis

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2018, Pages 841-847

  Meyer, Ashley N D ^a   Thompson, Pamela J ^b   Khanna, Arushi ^a   Desai, Samir ^a   Mathews, Benji K ^c   Yousef, Elham ^d   Kusnoor, Anita V ^a   Singh, Hardeep ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical Decision Making; Clinical Laboratory Techniques; Diagnosis; Hematologic Tests; Mobile Applications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATION; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PROTHROMBIN TIME; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LABORATORY TECHNIQUE; PHYSICIAN; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PHYSICIANS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85050395492     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocy026     Document Type: Article

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