Use of MEDLINE by Rural Physicians in Washington State

AUTOR(ES)

Chimoskey, Stefan J.

FONTE

American Medical Informatics Association

RESUMO

Studies have suggested that rural physicians do not use MEDLINE to aid their clinical decision making,1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and yet rural physicians appear to be a group that would benefit greatly from the use of MEDLINE because of their isolation from libraries and colleagues. This study was undertaken to understand why a population so likely to benefit from the use of MEDLINE is not using it.

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