Electronic patient records: Achieving best practice in information transfer between hospital and community providers - An integration success story

Quality in Primary Care

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 233-240

  Nicholson, Caroline ^a   Jackson, Claire ^a   Tweeddale, Margaret ^b   Holliday, Dimity ^c  

^a Mater Centre for Integrated Health Care and General Practice   (Australia)

^b MATER ADULT HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Mater Misericordiae Health Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical information; Healthcare integration; Information transfer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FAX; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; LEADERSHIP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SAFETY;

EID: 0142106403     PISSN: 14791072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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