Documentation and coding of ED patient encounters: an evaluation of the accuracy of an electronic medical record

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 664-678

  Silfen, Eric ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; FISHER EXACT TEST; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33748539768     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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