A consensus-based process to define standard national data elements for a Canadian emergency department information system

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 277-284

  Innes, Grant ^b   Murray, Michael ^a   Grafstein, Eric ^b  

^a Royal Victoria Hospital Barrie   (Canada)

^b ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Informatics; Information system

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344773702     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1481803500005777     Document Type: Review

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