Minding the gaps: Assessing communication outcomes of electronic preconsultation exchange

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 341-349

  Price, Erika Leemann ^a,b,c   Sewell, Justin L ^d   Chen, Alice Hm ^d   Sarkar, Urmimala ^e  

^a SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Anticoagulation Thrombosis Service   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; FOLLOW UP; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT HARM; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; AGED; CALIFORNIA; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SPECIALIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SAN FRANCISCO; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 84994765017     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(16)42048-9     Document Type: Article

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