Is asthma documentation improved by computer-facilitated data entry?

Journal of Quality in Clinical Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 187-193

  Kabir, Arml ^a  

^a Institute of Child and Mother Health Dhaka bd   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Acute asthma; Computer assisted triage system; Documentation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NURSING;

ASTHMA; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT ADMISSION; TRIAGE;

EID: 0031698169     PISSN: 13205455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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