How patients use access to their electronic GP record-a quantitative study

Family Practice

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 188-194

  Bhavnani, Vanita ^a   Fisher, Brian ^a   Winfield, Marlene ^b   Seed, Paul ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compliance; Efficiency; Record access; Sharing records; Survey of patients; Use of records

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT RIGHT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79953146489     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmq092     Document Type: Article

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