Incorporating smartphones into clinical practice

Annals of Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 187-188

  Angarita, Fernando A ^a   Strickland, Matt ^b   Acuna, Sergio A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONVERSATION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MOBILE PHONE; NERVOUSNESS; PATIENT SAFETY; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RESPONSE TIME; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84930937704     PISSN: 20490801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amsu.2015.05.005     Document Type: Editorial

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