The map is not the territory: medical records and 21st century practice

The Lancet

Volumn 388, Issue 10055, 2016, Pages 2053-2056

  Martin, Stephen A ^a,b,c   Sinsky, Christine A ^d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Barre Family Health Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DOCUMENTATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANAMNESIS; BURNOUT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; DOCUMENTATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MEDICAL RECORDS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84964683974     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00338-X     Document Type: Note

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