Factors facilitating effective use of electronic patient record systems for clinical audit and research in the UK maternity services

Clinical Governance

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 126-138

  Jones, Andrea ^a   Henwood, Flis ^a   Hart, Angie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical audit; Clinical governance; Maternity services; Medical information systems; National Health Service; Records management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MANAGER; MATERNITY WARD; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDWIFE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 19944377550     PISSN: 14777274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777270510594308     Document Type: Article

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