Health information technology in US emergency departments
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Health information technology in US emergency departments
BACKGROUND Information technology may improve patient safety, and is a focus of health care reform. A minority of emergency departments (EDs) in Massachusetts, and in academic EDs throughout the US, have electronic health records. AIMS Assess health information technology adoption in a nationwide sample of EDs. METHODS We surveyed 69 US EDs, asking site investigators about the availability ...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Emergency Medicine
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1865-1372,1865-1380
DOI: 10.1007/s12245-010-0170-3