Need and Potential Use of Information Technology for Case Manager-Physician Communication in Home Care

Home Health Care Management and Practice

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 292-297

  Ruggiano, Nicole ^a   Shtompel, Natalia ^a   Hristidis, Vagelis ^b   Roberts, Lisa ^a   Grochowski, Julie ^a   Brown, Ellen L ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

care coordination; case management; communication; home care; information technology; primary care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868280717     PISSN: 10848223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1084822312459615     Document Type: Article

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