Evaluation of the electronic transmission of medical findings from hospitals to practitioners by triangulation

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 225-233

  Machan, Christof ^a   Ammenwerth, E ^a   Schabetsberger, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Electronic transmission of findings; Evaluation studies; Health informatics; Hospital information systems; Regional networks; Triangulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONICS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRIANGULATION; AUSTRIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY;

AUSTRIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED;

EID: 33646842381     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1634055     Document Type: Article

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