Rapid design and implementation of an integrated patient self-triage and self-scheduling tool for COVID-19

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2020, Pages 860-866

  Judson, Timothy J ^a,b   Odisho, Anobel Y ^b   Neinstein, Aaron B ^a,b   Chao, Jessica ^b   Williams, Aimee ^b   Miller, Christopher ^b   Moriarty, Tim ^b   Gleason, Nathaniel ^a,b   Intinarelli, Gina ^b   Gonzales, Ralph ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

coronavirus; COVID 19; patient portal; self triage; symptom checker

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANDEMIC; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SELF CARE; BETACORONAVIRUS; CALIFORNIA; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD SYSTEM; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROCEDURES; SELF EVALUATION; TELEMEDICINE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PANDEMICS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT PORTALS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; SAN FRANCISCO; SELF CARE; TELEMEDICINE; TRIAGE;

EID: 85083118910     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocaa051     Document Type: Article

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