Follow-up actions on electronic referral communication in a multispecialty outpatient setting

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-69

  Singh, Hardeep ^a,b   Esquivel, Adol ^a,b   Sittig, Dean F ^c   Murphy, Daniel ^a,b   Kadiyala, Himabindu ^b,d   Schiesser, Rachel ^b   Espadas, Donna ^a,b   Petersen, Laura A ^a,b  

^a Health Services Research   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

communication; diagnostic errors; electronic health records; health information technology; patient follow up; patient safety; primary care; referrals; sub specialty care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL;

AMBULATORY CARE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MEDICINE; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78751572815     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-010-1501-z     Document Type: Article

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