The product and process of referral. Optimizing general practitioner-medical specialist interaction through information technology

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 76, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages S28-S34

  Bal, Roland ^a   Mastboom, Femke ^a   Spiers, Han Paul ^b   Rutten, Harm ^c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b District Association of General Practitioners   (Netherlands)

^c CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Discharge letter; Integrated care; Inter organizational communication; Referral; Shared care

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; OPTIMIZATION; PATIENT MONITORING;

DISCHARGE LETTERS; INTEGRATED CARE; INTER ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION; REFERRAL; SHARED CARE;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 34247229213     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2006.05.033     Document Type: Article

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