Building a medical neighborhood in the safety net: An innovative technology improves hematuria workups

Urology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1277-1282

  Bergman, Jonathan ^a,c   Neuhausen, Katherine ^a   Chamie, Karim ^a   Scales, Charles D ^a,c   Carter, Stacey ^a   Kwan, Lorna ^a   Lerman, Steven E ^a   Aronson, William ^a,c   Litwin, Mark S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONSULTATION; CYSTOSCOPY; ELECTRONIC CONSULTATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; CYSTOSCOPY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SAFETY-NET PROVIDERS;

EID: 84888642205     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2013.08.015     Document Type: Article

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