Redesigning the medical office for improved efficiency: An object- oriented event-driven messaging system

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-37

  Walczak, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Event driven; Medical office; Object oriented; Office culture; Systems analysis and design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT INFORMATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TIME MANAGEMENT;

DENTAL OFFICES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0034000125     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005433112306     Document Type: Article

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