Heterogeneous effect of an Emergency Department Expert Charting System

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 644-652

  Buller Close, Kelly ^a   Schriger, David L ^a,b   Baraff, Larry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY FLUID; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSULTATION; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEVER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0037406891     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2003.182     Document Type: Article

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