Fifty million people use computerised self triage

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 351, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Wyatt, Jeremy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SELF CARE; TELEMEDICINE; WEB BROWSER; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SELF CARE; TRIAGE;

EID: 84940112092     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h3727     Document Type: Editorial

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