Digital documentation of the physical examination: moving the clinical breast exam to the electronic medical record

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 444-449

  Kaufman, Cary S ^a,b   Jacobson, Leslie ^b   Bachman, Barbara A ^b   Kaufman, Lauren B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Bellingham Breast Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast imaging; Breast lump; Breast mass; Clinical breast exam; Electronic medical record; Mammography; Palpation imaging; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST EXAMINATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSULTATION; DEVICE; DIGITAL IMAGING; DOCUMENTATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PALPATION IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BREAST DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PALPATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 33748434459     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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