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Making Information Accessible and Useful to Practicing Clinicians: Problem-Knowledge Coupling

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Nancy J. Zimny
Nancy J. Zimny
Affiliation:
University of Vermont
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Abstract

Assessments of health care technology will lead to improvements in patient services only if this information is actually used by clinicians. Traditional methods of planning treatment that rely solely on memory limit the clinician's access to and use of the full available body of knowledge in the field. An alternative approach using a computer-assisted methodology is presented as a way to overcome traditional limitations and promote the development and diffusion of knowledge.

Type
Special Section: Assessing The Technology Of Physical Therapy
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , Winter 1992 , pp. 109 - 117
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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