Short and sweet: Writing better consult notes in the era of the electronic

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 13-17

  Venkat, K K ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; STANDARDS; WRITING;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; WRITING;

EID: 84923913768     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.82a.14008     Document Type: Article

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