Evacuation support system for improved medical documentation and information flow in the field

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-151

  Walderhaug, Ståle ^a,b   Meland, Per Håkon ^a   Mikalsen, Marius ^a   Sagen, Terje ^b   Brevik, John Ivar ^b  

^a SINTEF ICT   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Joint Medical Service   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care information services; Emergency medical services; Medical records systems, computerized; Technology assessment, biomedical

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCES; DISASTERS; HOSPITALS; OPTIMIZATION; PATIENT TREATMENT;

AMBULATORY CARE INFORMATION SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT;

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DISASTER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOLDIER; TECHNOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESCUE WORK; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; UNITED STATES; WAR;

EID: 37249006942     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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