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Physicians' Patterns of Using a Computerized Collection of Guidelines for Primary Care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Jukkapekka Jousimaa ,
Ilkka Kunnamo  and
Marjukka Mäkelä
Jukkapekka Jousimaa
Affiliation:
University of Kuopio
Ilkka Kunnamo
Affiliation:
Finnish Medical Society
Marjukka Mäkelä
Affiliation:
Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (STAKES)
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Abstract

Physician's Desk Reference and Database is a Finnish collection of computerized primary care guidelines. The program has been in clinical use since 1989. For this study, a function producing a log file of all searches was added to the program. Two hundred twenty-seven users returned log files that contained 15,267 searches. The users made 3.12 (range 1–10.4) searches per day. The average time needed to find and read an article was 4.9 minutes. Sufficient facts were found in 71% of the searches. Dermatology was the most popular field of interest, followed by infectious diseases and cardiology.

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General Essays
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , Summer 1998 , pp. 484 - 493
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998

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