House officer procedure documentation using a personal digital assistant: A longitudinal study

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Bird, Steven B ^a   Lane, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; SATISFACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; THORACOCENTESIS; ULTRASOUND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MICROCOMPUTER; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WRITING;

COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MASSACHUSETTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WRITING;

EID: 33644823379     PISSN: 14726947     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-6-5     Document Type: Article

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