Managing Clinical Knowledge for Health Care Improvement

E.A. Balas; S.A. Boren

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1637943

Yearbook of Medical Informatics, Table of Contents

Yearb Med Inform 2000; 09(01): 65-70
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1637943

Review Paper

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart

Managing Clinical Knowledge for Health Care Improvement

Authors

E.A. Balas

¹Center for Health Care Quality, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
S.A. Boren

¹Center for Health Care Quality, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA

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