An Analysis of WhatsApp Usage for Communication Between Consulting and Emergency Physicians

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Gulacti, Umut ^a   Lok, Ugur ^a   Hatipoglu, Sinan ^a   Polat, Haci ^a  

^a ADIYAMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Communication; Consultation; Emergency department; Online systems; WhatsApp

Indexed keywords

CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGHT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORTHOPEDICS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIDEORECORDING; VOICE; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATION; PHYSICIAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEXT MESSAGING; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PHYSICIANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84963776850     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-016-0483-8     Document Type: Article

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