An objective study of the impact of the electronic medical record on outcomes in trauma patients

American Surgeon

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1249-1254

  Schenarts, Paul J ^a   Goettler, Claudia E ^a   White, Michael A ^a   Waibel, Brett H ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTICEMIA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84867907536     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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