Do preformatted charts improve doctors' documentation in a rural hospital emergency department? A prospective trial

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 114, Issue 1141, 2001, Pages 443-444

  O'Connor, A E ^a   Finnel, L ^a   Reid, J ^a  

^a CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PARAMETER; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; STANDARD;

DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NEW ZEALAND; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035850706     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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