Approaches to Patient Health Information Exchange and Their Impact on Emergency Medicine

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 426-432

  Shapiro, Jason S ^a,b   Kannry, Joseph ^a   Lipton, Mark ^c,d   Goldberg, Eric ^c,d   Conocenti, Paul ^d   Stuard, Susan ^e   Wyatt, Brian M ^f   Kuperman, Gilad ^b,e  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

CONFIDENTIALITY; ELECTRONIC MAIL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; HYPERMEDIA; INFORMATION CENTERS; INFORMATION SERVICES; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; RESEARCH; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES;

EID: 33748808677     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.03.032     Document Type: Article

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