Medical record documentation of patients' hearing loss by physicians

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 517-519

  Halpin, Christopher F ^a   Iezzoni, Lisa I ^b   Rauch, Steven ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic medical record; Hearing loss; Patient communication

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AUDIOMETRY; COMMUNICATION; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67649921042     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-009-0911-2     Document Type: Article

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