Information technology in the interventional pain practice: Electronic medical records, practice management software, and document management

Pain Physician

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 357-364

  Helm II, Standiford ^a   Hansen, Hans C ^b  

^a Pacific Coast Pain Management Center   (United States)

^b The Pain Relief Centers   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic medical records; Information technology; Interventional pain practice

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PAIN CLINIC; PHYSICIAN; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW; SAFETY; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 4444244560     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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