International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 77, Issue 9 , Pages 602-612 , September 2008

Randomized controlled trial of an automated problem list with improved sensitivity

  • Stéphane M. Meystre

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: University of Utah, Department of Biomedical Informatics, 26 South 2000 East, HSEB Suite 5700, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-5750, United States. Tel.: +1 801 581 4080; fax: +1 801 581 4297.
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  • Peter J. Haug

Received 1 November 2006 ,Revised 10 December 2007 ,Accepted 10 December 2007.

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PII: S1386-5056(07)00212-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2007.12.001

International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 77, Issue 9 , Pages 602-612 , September 2008