Initial Experience with Patient-Clinician Secure Messaging at a VA Medical Center

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 267-270

  Byrne, John M ^a,b   Elliott, Shane ^a   Firek, Anthony ^a,b  

^a Jerry L Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; E-MAIL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SECURITY; ELECTRONIC MAIL; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 60549112358     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2835     Document Type: Article

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