Concept and implementation of a computer-based reminder system to increase completeness in clinical documentation

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 351-358

  Herzberg, Susanne ^a,b   Rahbar, Kambiz ^a,b   Stegger, Lars ^b   Schafers Michael M ^a   Dugas, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Completeness; Data quality; Hospital information system; Monitoring; Reminder system

Indexed keywords

BEFORE AND AFTER; CLINICAL DOCUMENTATION; CLINICAL ROUTINE; CLINICAL SETTINGS; COMMUNICATION SERVERS; COMPLETENESS; DATA QUALITY; DATABASE QUERIES; ELECTRONIC DATA; EMAIL MESSAGES; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; MISSING INFORMATION; POST-IMPLEMENTATION; PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS; PROCESSING TIME; REMINDER SYSTEM; REMINDER SYSTEMS; SINGLE SOURCE;

ELECTRONIC MAIL; HOSPITALS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; QUERY LANGUAGES;

MONITORING;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER SYSTEM; E-MAIL; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; MONITORING; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMINDER SYSTEM;

DOCUMENTATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; REMINDER SYSTEMS;

EID: 79953309242     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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