Paper persistence, workarounds, and communication breakdowns in computerized consultation management

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 466-479

  Saleem, Jason J ^a,b,c,d   Russ, Alissa L ^a,b,c,e   Neddo, Adam ^a   Blades, Paul T ^a   Doebbeling, Bradley N ^a,b,c,f   Foresman, Brian H ^a,f  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis   (United States)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computerized medical record MeSH ; Consultation and referral MeSH ; Electronic health records MeSH ; Human information processing MeSH ; Workarounds

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED MEDICAL RECORDS; CONSULTATION AND REFERRAL [MESH]; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HUMAN INFORMATION PROCESSING [MESH]; WORKAROUNDS;

BIONICS; DATA PROCESSING; HEALTH CARE; RECORDS MANAGEMENT; USER INTERFACES;

HEALTH;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; COMPUTERIZED CONSULTATION; CONSULTATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ERROR; ETHNOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAPER; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTERED NURSE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED STATES; VETERANS HEALTH;

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED;

EID: 79957551601     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2011.03.016     Document Type: Article

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