Aligning medication reconciliation and secure messaging: Qualitative study of primary care providers' perspectives

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Heyworth, Leonie ^a,b   Clark, Justice ^a   Marcello, Thomas B ^a,b   Paquin, Allison M ^a   Stewart, Max ^a,b   Archambeault, Cliona ^a   Simon, Steven R ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Health information technology (HIT); Medication reconciliation; Provider experiences; Secure email, primary care; Secure messaging

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SECURITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (HIT); HUMAN; MALE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROVIDER EXPERIENCES; SECURE EMAIL, PRIMARY CARE; SECURE MESSAGING; TELEMEDICINE; TEXT MESSAGING; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (HIT); MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; PROVIDER EXPERIENCES; SECURE EMAIL, PRIMARY CARE; SECURE MESSAGING;

AMBULATORY CARE; BOSTON; COMPUTER SECURITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRIMARY CARE NURSING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TELEMEDICINE; TEXT MESSAGING; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84891776508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2793     Document Type: Article

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