Health smart cards: differing perceptions of emergency department patients and staff

Australian Health Review

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 136-143

  Mohd Rosli, Reizal ^a   Taylor, David McD ^b   Knott, Jonathan C ^c   Das, Atandrila ^a   Dent, Andrew W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MINIATURIZATION; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 63049120448     PISSN: 01565788     EISSN: 14498944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AH090136     Document Type: Article

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