Point-of-care decision support for reducing inappropriate test use: easier said than done.

BMJ Qual Saf

Women's College Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Division of Cardiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Published: January 2016

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