Combined Technical Assessment and Survey of Current Users of the PDQ (Physician Data Query) System

摘要

The Physician Data Query (PDQ) data base is an on-line information system designed to improve the nations' cancer care system by increasing the rate of clinical information transfer from the research environment to physicians who encounter or treat cancer patients in their practices. A technical assessment of the completed evaluation study of PDQ is presented in the report entitled 'Combined Technical Assessment and Survey of Current Users of the PDQ System,' which describes and compares each vendor-based system in terms of accessibility, user interaction, content of user materials, and speed of file update. A Current Users Assessment of the system, also presented in the report, generated information concerning how the system is used and what factors influence the adoption of PDQ.