A case report in health information exchange for inter-organizational patient transfers

Applied Clinical Informatics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 642-650

  Richardson, J E ^a,b   Malhotra, S ^b,c   Kaushal, R ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Health Information Technology Evaluation Collaborative HITEC   (United States)

^c Weill Cornell Physician Organization Information Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer communication networks; Health information exchange; Medical informatics; Patient transfer; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

CASE CONTROL STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT TRANSFER;

EID: 84905269742     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18690327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4338/ACI-2014-02-CR-0016     Document Type: Article

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