Communicating about medications during primary care outpatient visits: The role of electronic medical records

Informatics in Primary Care

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-21

  Arar, Nedal H ^a   Wen, Lonnie ^b   McGrath, John ^c   Steinbach, Rebecca ^d   Pugh, Jacqueline A ^a  

^a University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio   (United States)

^b Fizer Pharmaceutical   (United States)

^c TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Electronic medical records; Medications; Patient provider communications

Indexed keywords

DRUG; GENERIC DRUG; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG FORMULARY; DRUG UTILIZATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SIDE EFFECT; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 18744368505     PISSN: 14760320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14236/jhi.v13i1.576     Document Type: Article

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