Computers in the examination room and the electronic health record: Physicians; perceived impact on clinical encounters before and after full installation and implementation

Family Practice

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 601-608

  Doyle, Richard J ^a   Wang, Nina ^a   Anthony, David ^a   Borkan, Jeffrey ^a   Shield, Renee R ^b   Goldman, Roberta E ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computers in medicine; Doctor patient relationship; Electronic medical records; Quality of care; Teaching methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ENCOUNTER GROUP; FAMILY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS' OFFICES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867119117     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cms015     Document Type: Article

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