Patient difficulty using tablet computers to screen in primary care

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 476-480

  Hess, Rachel ^a   Santucci, Aimee ^a   McTigue, Kathleen ^a   Fischer, Gary ^a   Kapoor, Wishwa ^a  

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

Author keywords

Computerized questionnaires; Health services; Patient screening; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTENTION; CALCULATION; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; RISK; SCREENING; SEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; TABLET; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 41549102023     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0500-1     Document Type: Article

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