Electronic laboratory reporting for the infectious diseases physician and clinical microbiologist

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1638-1643

  Wurtz, Rebecca ^a,b   Cameron, Bruce J ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Scientific Technologies Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; E-MAIL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROBIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW;

CLINICAL LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; TERMINOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 19344371241     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/429904     Document Type: Review

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