Take two and text me in the morning: Optimizing clinical time with a short messaging system

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-49

  Rao, Roshni ^a   Shukla, Bivek M ^a   Saint Cyr, Michel ^a   Rao, Madhu ^a   Teotia, Sumeet S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELEPHONE; TEXT MESSAGING; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AMBULATORY CARE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELEPHONE; TEXT MESSAGING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84863492224     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3182547d63     Document Type: Article

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