Completeness of medical records in emergency trauma care and an IT-based strategy for improvement

Medical Informatics and the Internet in Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-167

  de Mul, M ^a   Berg, M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Completeness; Emergency trauma care; Information technology; Medical record

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE REGISTRY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34250194673     PISSN: 14639238     EISSN: 14645246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09670260701231284     Document Type: Article

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