Prehospital electronic patient care report systems: Early experiences from emergency medical services agency leaders

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Landman, Adam B ^a   Lee, Christopher H ^b   Sasson, Comilla ^c   van Gelder, Carin M ^b   Curry, Leslie A ^d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEAR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LEADERSHIP; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRATEGIC PLANNING; ECONOMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT CARE; STATISTICS; TIME;

DATA COLLECTION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PATIENT CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84863281501     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032692     Document Type: Article

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