Attitudes and practices of recording diabetic patient information within an Australian general practice setting: An exploratory study

Informatics in Primary Care

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-39

  Civil, Mike ^a   Bulsara, Caroline ^b   Karner, Simone ^c   Gaebler, Shauna ^d   Bailey, Diane ^e   Evans, Ann ^f   Oslewski, Ed ^d  

^a General Practice   (United States)

^b Aboriginal and Rural Healthcare   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d Perth and Hills Division of General Practice   (United Kingdom)

^e General Practice Network (WA)   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Computers in general practice; Data quality; Diabetes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOCUMENTATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; STANDARD;

ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; AUTOMATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOCUMENTATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 67651180750     PISSN: 14760320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14236/jhi.v17i1.712     Document Type: Article

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