Patient impression and satisfaction of a self-administered, automated medical history taking device in the emergency department

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 35-40

  Goldberg, Andrew ^a   Arora, Sanjay ^b   Menchine, Michael ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Administration; Emergency medicine; Kiosk; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MICROCOMPUTER; MOBILE APPLICATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; TABLET COMPUTER; UNITED STATES; WAITING ROOM; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; PROCEDURES;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84896730279     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2013.2.11498     Document Type: Article

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