Advanced information support. Abstracting evidence from clinical practice research.
Suzanne M. Austin, M.H.A., and E. Andrew Balas, M.D., Ph.D., of the Health Services Management Program at the University of Missouri-Columbia, present research on exchange of information in clinical practices. Their findings have led them to develop an integrated knowledge base aimed at enhancing cognition and supporting action rather than increasing confusion and indecision.
Austin
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Health Services Management Program, University of Missouri-Columbia 65211.
Balas
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D005103:Expert Systems; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000592:standards*; D012107:Research Design; D014481:United States