Electronic exchange of discharge summaries between hospital and municipal care from health personnel’s perspectives

International Journal of Integrated Care

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Melby, Line ^a   Hellesø, Ragnhild ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Discharge summary; Electronic message system; Hospital; ICT; Integrated care; Municipal health care

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013113590     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15684156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5334/ijic.527     Document Type: Article

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