Development of an assessment tool to measure the influence of clinical software on the delivery of high quality consultations. A study comparing two computerized medical record systems in a nurse run heart clinic in a general practice setting

Medical Informatics and the Internet in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 267-280

  de Lusignan, S ^a   Wells, S E ^a   Russell, C ^b   Bevington, W P ^b   Arrowsmith, P ^c  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Woodbridge Hill Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Computer aided consulting; Extended role of the nurse; General practice; Ischaemic heart disease; Medical software; Patient centred consultations; Rating scale

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL EXPERT; NURSE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIDEORECORDING;

AMBULATORY CARE; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MODELS, NURSING; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOFTWARE VALIDATION; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84860422547     PISSN: 14639238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1463923031000081603     Document Type: Article

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