Design and evaluation of a wireless electronic health records system for field care in mass casualty settings

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 842-852

  Lenert, L A ^a   Kirsh, D ^b   Griswold, W G ^c   Buono, C ^d   Lyon, J ^e   Rao, R ^f   Chan, T C ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS DISASTER; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PATIENT MONITORING; PULSE OXIMETER; RADIOFREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIMULATION; VITAL SIGN; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 81055126767     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000229     Document Type: Article

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