Physicians' use of clinical information systems in the discharge process: An observational study

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 116, Issue , 2005, Pages 843-848

  Sorby, Inger Dybdahl ^a,b   Nytro, Oystein ^a,b   Tveit, Amund ^a,b   Vedvik, Eivind ^a,c  

^a Norwegian Research Centre for Electronic Patient Records   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Clinical information systems; Electronic patient records; Observational study; The discharge process

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

BACKGROUND INFORMATION; CLINICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; CLINICAL WORK; DISCHARGE PROCESS; ELECTRONIC PATIENT RECORD; INFORMATION SOURCES; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY;

INFORMATION USE;

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 38149122346     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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