Implementing an electronic medical record at a residency site: Physicians' perceived effects on quality of care, documentation, and productivity

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 99-103

  Brotzman, Gregory L ^a   Guse, Clare E ^a   Fay, David L ^a   Schellhase, Kenneth G ^a   Marbella, Anne M ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRODUCTIVITY; DOCUMENTATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPUTER LITERACY; DOCUMENTATION; EFFICIENCY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WISCONSIN; WORKLOAD;

EID: 67449093188     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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