Statewide system of electronic notifiable disease reporting from clinical laboratories: Comparing automated reporting with conventional methods

JAMA

Volumn 282, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 1845-1850

  Effler, Paul ^a,c   Ching Lee, Myra ^a   Bogard, April ^a   Ieong, Man Cheng ^a   Nekomoto, Trudi ^a   Jernigan, Daniel ^b  

^a HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c Department of Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033579116     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.282.19.1845     Document Type: Article

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