Assessing the impact on patient-physician interaction when physicians use personal digital assistants: A Northeastern Ohio Network (NEON®) study

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 353-359

  McCord, Gary ^b   Pendleton, Brian F ^a   Schrop, Susan Labuda ^b   Weiss, Lisa ^c   Stockton, LuAnne ^b   Hamrich, Lynn M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b Northeast Ohio Medical University   (United States)

^c Forum Health   (United States)

^d AKRON CITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650922081     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2009.04.080056     Document Type: Article

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