Assessment of the impact on time to complete medical record using an electronic medical record versus a paper record on emergency department patients: A study

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 980-985

  Perry, Jeffrey J ^a   Sutherland, Jane ^b   Symington, Cheryl ^b   Dorland, Katie ^b   Mansour, Marlene ^b   Stiell, Ian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHARTING TIME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NORMAL HUMAN; PAPER MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT INFORMATION; RECORDING; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX PAIN; TIME; TIME MANAGEMENT; AGED; CHEST PAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION STUDY; INTERVENTION STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PAPER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDS; TRENDS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION; WRITING;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; CHEST PAIN; DOCUMENTATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PAPER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; WRITING;

EID: 84911880752     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2013-202479     Document Type: Article

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