EHR in emergency rooms: Exploring the effect of key information components on main complaints

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Ben Assuli, Ofir ^a   Shabtai, Itamar ^b   Leshno, Moshe ^c   Hill, Shawndra ^d  

^a ONO ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b College of Management Academic Studies ^*  (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision support systems; Electronic health records; Emergency room; Health information exchange; Medical information systems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PARAMETERS; PHYSICIAN; THORAX PAIN; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84897124103     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-014-0036-y     Document Type: Article

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