We need to talk: Primary care provider communication at discharge in the era of a shared electronic medical record

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 307-310

  Sheu, Leslie ^a   Fung, Kelly ^a   Mourad, Michelle ^a   Ranji, Sumant ^a   Wu, Ethel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; E-MAIL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EXPECTATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; TELEPHONE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MEDICAL STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HOSPITALISTS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE;

EID: 84928289409     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2336     Document Type: Article

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