Patient-physician e-mail: An opportunity to transform pediatric health care delivery

Pediatrics

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 701-706

  Rosen, Paul ^a,b   Kwoh, C Kent ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; E-MAIL; EXPECTATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; MYOSITIS; PAIN; PARENT; PATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOLOGY; SCHOOL CHILD; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TELEPHONE; TIME; VASCULAR DISEASE;

CHILD; COMMUNICATION; ELECTRONIC MAIL; EMERGENCIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEPHONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35148883737     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1094     Document Type: Article

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