Measuring the impact of the computer on the consultation: An open source application to combine multiple observational outputs

Informatics for Health and Social Care

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 10-24

  Pflug, Bernhar ^a   Kumarapeli, Pushpa ^b   Van Vlymen, Jeremy ^b   Ammenwerth, Elske ^a   De Lusignan, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical consultation; Computer; Computerised; Family practice; General practice; Medical records system; Open source; Process assessment; Software; Video recordings

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; TELECONSULTATION;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; HUMANS; REMOTE CONSULTATION; SOFTWARE DESIGN; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 77949851503     PISSN: 17538157     EISSN: 17538165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17538150903358693     Document Type: Article

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