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Strategies and methods for aligning current and best medical practices. The role of information technologies.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  9614787     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Rapid change in American medicine requires that physicians adjust established behaviors and acquire new skills. In this article, we address three questions: What do we know about how to change physicians' practices? How can physicians take advantage of new and evolving information technologies that are likely to have an impact on the future practice of medicine? and What strategic educational interventions will best enable physicians to show competencies in information management and readiness to change practice? We outline four guiding principles for incorporating information systems tools into both medical education and practice, and we make eight recommendations for the development of a new medical school curriculum. This curriculum will produce a future medical practitioner who is capable of using information technologies to systematically measure practice performance, appropriateness, and effectiveness while updating knowledge efficiently.
Authors:
E C Schneider; J M Eisenberg
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Western journal of medicine     Volume:  168     ISSN:  0093-0415     ISO Abbreviation:  West. J. Med.     Publication Date:  1998 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1998-07-06     Completed Date:  1998-07-06     Revised Date:  2009-11-18    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0410504     Medline TA:  West J Med     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  311-8     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Institute for Health Care Research and Policy, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Computer Literacy*
Curriculum
Decision Making, Computer-Assisted
Delivery of Health Care / organization & administration*
District of Columbia
Education, Medical / organization & administration,  trends
Education, Medical, Continuing / trends
Evidence-Based Medicine
Forecasting
Health Care Reform
Humans
Medical Informatics* / education,  trends
Medical Records Systems, Computerized
Physician's Practice Patterns / economics,  standards*,  trends
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Practice Management, Medical / economics,  standards*,  trends
Telecommunications
Total Quality Management / organization & administration*
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