MEDICAL DECISION MAKING Detailed resource showing how to best make medical decisions while incorporating clinical practice guidelines and decision support systems Sir William Osler, a legendary physician of an earlier era, once said, βMedicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probabilit
Medical Decision Making
β Scribed by Harold C. Sox, Michael C. Higgins, Douglas K. Owens
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 358
- Edition
- 2
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
This book clearly demonstrates howΒ to best make medical decisions while incorporating clinical practice guidelinesΒ and decision support systems for electronic medical record systems.
New to this edition is how medical decision making ideas are being incorporated into clinical decision support systems in electronic medical records and also how they are being used to shape practice guidelines and policies.
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