Applied Clinical Informatics, Table of Contents Appl Clin Inform 2016; 07(02): 477-488DOI: 10.4338/ACI-2015-12-RA-0178 Research Article Schattauer GmbH Visual assessment of the similarity between a patient and trial population Is This Clinical Trial Applicable to My Patient? Amos Cahan 1 IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY 2 National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD; Informatics Institute , James J Cimino 3 University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 4 National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD › Author Affiliations Recommend Article Abstract Full Text PDF Download Keywords KeywordsData representation - clinical decision support systems - patient similarity - visual scale References References 1 Alper BS, Hand JA, Elliott SG, Kinkade S, Hauan MJ, Onion DK. et al. How much effort is needed to keep up with the literature relevant for primary care?. 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