Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA
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J Am Med Inform Assoc · Sep 1994
Information needs of health care professionals in an AIDS outpatient clinic as determined by chart review.
To examine the information needs of health care professionals in HIV-related clinical encounters, and to determine the suitability of existing information sources to address those needs. ⋯ The participating professionals showed considerable information needs. A combination of on-line and paper sources was necessary to provide the answers. The study suggests that present-day information sources are not entirely satisfactory for answering clinical questions generated by examining charts of HIV-infected patients.