Approach to mobile information and communication for health care

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 73, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 631-638

  Mendonça, Eneida A ^a   Chen, Elizabeth S ^a   Stetson, Peter D ^a   McKnight, Lawrence K ^a   Lei, Jianbo ^a   Cimino, James J ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Handeld; Informatics; Information systems; Medical errors; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; PATIENT MONITORING;

MOBILE INFORMATION; VIRTUAL WHITEBOARDS (VWB);

HEALTH CARE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDLINE; MONITORING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY;

EID: 3042788340     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2004.04.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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