Software design to facilitate information transfer at hospital discharge

Informatics in Primary Care

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 109-119

  Nace, G Stephen ^a   Graumlich, James F ^a   Aldag, Jean C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuity of care; Electronic discharge summary; Hospital information systems; Hospitalists; Medical records systems computerized; Medication reconcilation; Patient care transitions; Patient discharge

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; REMINDER SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORKING TIME;

EID: 33750620197     PISSN: 14760320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14236/jhi.v14i2.621     Document Type: Article

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