Do we need a national electronic summary care record?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 90-92

  Coiera, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTHOR; DATA BASE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; ELECTRONIC SUMMARY CARE RECORD; HUMAN; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 79951907026     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb04176.x     Document Type: Note

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