A brief, low-cost intervention improves the quality of ambulatory gastroenterology consultation notes

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 732-738

  Sewell, Justin L ^a   Day, Lukejohn W ^a   Tuot, Delphine S ^a   Alvarez, Ricardo ^b   Yu, Albert ^c   Chen, Alice Hm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Mission Neighborhood Health Center   (United States)

^c Chinatown Public Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Consultation and referral; Gastroenterology; Midlevel providers; Primary care; Quality; Specialty care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

COMMUNICATION; CONSULTATION AND REFERRAL; GASTROENTEROLOGY; MIDLEVEL PROVIDERS; PRIMARY CARE; QUALITY; SPECIALTY CARE;

AMBULATORY CARE; COMMUNICATION; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84880632430     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2013.02.017     Document Type: Article

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