Mobile phone messaging for communicating results of medical investigations

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Gurol Urganci, Ipek ^a   de Jongh, Thyra ^b   Vodopivec Jamsek, Vlasta ^c   Car, Josip ^d   Atun, Rifat ^e  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Gephyra IHC   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CLINICAL OUTCOME; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 85016726861     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007456.pub2     Document Type: Review

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