The management of test results in primary care: Does an electronic medical record make a difference?

Family Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 327-333

  Elder, Nancy C ^a   McEwen, Timothy R ^b   Flach, John ^b   Gallimore, Jennie ^b   Pallerla, Harini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOCUMENTATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DOCUMENTATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; OHIO;

EID: 77952410164     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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