ABSTRACT
Contents Introduction ......................................................................................................129 Strategies for Improving Knowledge Translation in Healthcare ..........................132 Areas of Health Professional Needs That Can Be Addressed by Health Informatics ............................................................................................133 Information Overload .......................................................................................133 Clinician and Patient Deficits in Knowledge and Skills .....................................136 Time Pressures ...................................................................................................137 CPOE ...............................................................................................................138 Workflow Applications ......................................................................................138 Computer Reminders ........................................................................................139 Producing New Knowledge from Data ..............................................................140 Challenges .........................................................................................................140 Summary ...........................................................................................................141 References .........................................................................................................141
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