The electronic locum record for general practitioners: Outcome of an evaluation study in the Netherlands

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 623-636

  Dumay, Adrie C M ^a,b   Haaker, Timber I ^c  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c Novay   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Communication; Electronic health record; Electronic locum record; General practitioner; Implementation; IT consistency; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; DIAGNOSIS; HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; PATIENT TREATMENT; RECORDS MANAGEMENT;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; ELECTRONIC LOCUM RECORD; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; IMPLEMENTATION; IT CONSISTENCY; PATIENT SAFETY;

ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT EXCHANGE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC LOCUM RECORD; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77955515657     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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