Questionable hospital chart documentation practices by physicians

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1865-1870

  Sharma, Ranita ^a   Kostis, William J ^a,b   Wilson, Alan C ^a   Cosgrove, Nora M ^a   Hassett, Afton L ^a   Moreyra, Abel E ^a   Delnevo, Cristine D ^c   Kostis, John B ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c RUTGERS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital medicine; Medical education professionalism; Survey research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCUMENT EXAMINATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ORDER; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN; POSTAL MAIL; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ENGLAND; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIANS; POSTAL SERVICE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

EID: 56749180805     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0750-6     Document Type: Article

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