Electronic collaboration: Using technology to solve old problems of quality care

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1312-1321

  Baumlin, Kevin M ^a   Genes, Nicholas ^a   Landman, Adam ^b   Shapiro, Jason S ^a   Taylor, Todd ^c   Janiak, Bruce ^d  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MICROSOFT   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TELEMEDICINE;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERNET; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650023638     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00933.x     Document Type: Review

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