Health information exchange usage in emergency departments and clinics: The who, what, and why

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 690-697

  Johnson, Kevin B ^a   Unertl, Kim M ^a   Chen, Qingxia ^a   Lorenzi, Nancy M ^a   Nian, Hui ^a   Bailey, James ^b   Frisse, Mark ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TENNESSEE;

EID: 80053220332     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000308     Document Type: Article

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