The perception of medical professionals and medical students on the usefulness of an emergency medical card and a continuity of care report in enhancing continuity of care

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 412-420

  Olola, Christopher H O ^a   Narus, Scott ^a   Nebeker, Jonathan ^c   Poynton, Mollie ^a,d   Hales, Joseph ^a,b   Rowan, Belle ^b   LeSieur, Heather ^b   Zumbrennen, Cynthia ^b   Edwards, Annemarie A ^b   Crawford, Robert ^b   Amundsen, Spencer ^a   Kabir, Yasmin ^a   Atkin, Joseph ^a   Newberry, Cynthia ^a   Young, Jason ^a   Hanifi, Tariq ^a   Risenmay, Ben ^a   Sorensen, Tyler ^a   Evans, R Scott ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuity of care record; Continuity of care report; Continuity of patient care; Emergency medical card; Emergency medical services

Indexed keywords

CONTINUITY OF CARE RECORDS; CONTINUITY OF CARE REPORT; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARD; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES;

HEALTH CARE; LABORATORIES; MEDICAL COMPUTING; MEDICINE; RATING; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

DECISION MAKING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; JOB EXPERIENCE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL STUDENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955468396     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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