A Survey of the Prevalence of Cell Phones Capable of Receiving Health Information among Patients Presenting to an Urban Emergency Department

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 875-888

  Kwon, Nancy S ^a   Colucci, Ashley ^a   Gulati, Rajneesh ^a   Shawn, Lauren ^a   Kasahara, Yusaku ^a   El Bakhar, Amal ^a   Simons, Erica ^a   Wall, Stephen P ^a  

^a BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cell phones; discharge instructions; emergency department; health information; mobile devices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; E-MAIL; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOBILE PHONE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; CELLULAR PHONE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 84875714509     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.09.041     Document Type: Article

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