Veteran, Primary Care Provider, and Specialist Satisfaction with Electronic Consultation

JMIR Medical Informatics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Rodriguez, Keri L ^a,b   Burkitt, Kelly H ^a   Bayliss, Nichole K ^c   Skoko, Jennifer E ^a   Switzer, Galen E ^a,b   Zickmund, Susan L ^a,b   Fine, Michael J ^a   MacPherson, David S ^b,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHATHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Veterans Integrated Services Network 4   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Patient satisfaction; Referral and consultation; Rural health; Veterans

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937417386     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22919694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/medinform.3725     Document Type: Article

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