Tensions associated with the use of electronic knowledge resources within clinical decision-making processes: A multiple case study.

CONCLUSIONS: Results suggest EKR usage in a clinical decision-making context may have negative consequences when three types of tension arise in a clinical decision-making context. Illustrated types of tension are interrelated and not mutually exclusive. Awareness of EKR-related tensions may help clinicians to integrate EKRs in practice.
PMID: 19117798 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher] (Source: International Journal of Medical Informatics).