Why facilitate patient access to medical records

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 127, Issue , 2007, Pages 77-90

  Ferreira, Ana ^a,b   Correia, Ana ^b   Silva, Ana ^b   Corte, Ana ^b   Pinto, Ana ^b   Saavedra, Ana ^b   Pereira, Ana Luís ^b   Pereira, Ana Filipa ^b   Cruz Correia, Ricardo ^b   Antunes, Luís Filipe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Computerized; Medical Records; Patient Access to Records

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; INFORMATION USE; MEDICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICINE;

CLINICAL INFORMATION; COMPUTERIZED; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATIONSHIPS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE INFORMATION SYSTEM; INCLUSION AND EXCLUSIONS; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT ACCESS;

ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT EXCHANGE;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; REVIEW;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION;

EID: 35548931941     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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