Impact of wireless electronic medical record system on the quality of patient documentation by emergency field responders during a disaster mass-casualty exercise

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 268-275

  Chan, Theodore C ^a   Griswold, William G ^b   Buono, Colleen ^a   Kirsh, David ^c   Lyon, Joachim ^d   Killeen, James P ^a   Castillo, Edward M ^a   Lenert, Leslie ^a  

^a San Diego   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

disasters; electronic medical records; informatics; prehospital emergency care

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEM; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; DOCUMENTATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MASS DISASTER;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; DOCUMENTATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; TRIAGE;

EID: 84904313906     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X11006480     Document Type: Article

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