Family Caregivers and Consumer Health Information Technology

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 117-121

  Wolff, Jennifer L ^a   Darer, Jonathan D ^b   Larsen, Kevin L ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

electronic health records; family caregivers; health information technology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FAMILY CENTERED CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; SELF CARE; FAMILY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS;

CAREGIVERS; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FAMILY; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS;

EID: 84953346469     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-015-3494-0     Document Type: Article

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