Access to the medical record for patients and involved providers: Transparency through electronic tools

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 155, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 853-854

  Feeley, Thomas W ^a   Shine, Kenneth I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; EDITORIAL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FAMILY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 83755183842     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-155-12-201112200-00010     Document Type: Editorial

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