How to Integrate the Electronic Health Record and Patient-Centered Communication Into the Medical Visit: A Skills-Based Approach

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 358-365

  Duke, Pamela ^a   Frankel, Richard M ^b,c   Reis, Shmuel ^d  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

electronic health record; electronic medical record; patient centered care; patient doctor communication; patient doctor computer communication; relation ship centered care

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

COMMUNICATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; OFFICE VISITS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 84886411263     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10401334.2013.827981     Document Type: Article

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