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Does hospital information technology infrastructure promote the implementation of clinical practice guidelines? A multicentre observational study of Japanese hospitals.

Noriko SasakiNaohito YamaguchiAkiko OkumuraMasahiro YoshidaHiroyuki SugawaraYuichi Imanaka
Published in: BMJ open (2019)
Hospitals with superior IT infrastructure may provide higher-quality care. This allows clinicians to easily access the latest information on evidence-based medicine and facilitate the dissemination of CPGs. The systematic improvement of hospital IT infrastructure may promote CPG use and narrow the evidence-practice gaps.
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