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Users' Guides to the Medical Literature:  XVIII. How to Use an Article Evaluating the Clinical Impact of a Computer-Based Clinical Decision Support System

Adrienne G. Randolph, MD, MSc; R. Brian Haynes, MD, PhD; Jeremy C. Wyatt, MD; Deborah J. Cook, MD, MSc; Gordon H. Guyatt, MD, MSc
JAMA. 1999;282(1):67-74. doi:10.1001/jama.282.1.67.
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