Bridging the care continuum: patient information needs for specialist referrals

CL Ireson, S Slavova, CL Steltenkamp… - BMC Health Services …, 2009 - Springer
Background Information transfer is critical in the primary care to specialist referral process
and has been examined extensively in the US and other countries, yet there has been little …

Electronic medical records: the promises and challenges

J Ross - Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, 2009 - jopan.org
MUCH HAS BEEN SAID about the importance of the electronic medical record (EMR) and
patient safety. EMRs offer the ability for health care providers and organizations to share and …

Interoperable electronic patient records for health care improvement

A Balas, A Al Sanousi - Medical Informatics in a United and …, 2009 - ebooks.iospress.nl
Pressing needs of cost-effectiveness in healthcare and opportunities of emerging electronic
health record technologies offer unprecedented chance for progress. Ongoing health care …

Informatics aids to reduce failure rates in notification of abnormal outpatient test results

G Lippi, M Plebani - Archives of internal medicine, 2009 - jamanetwork.com
The health care context is characterized by a high degree of complexity, involving a
kaleidoscope of medical disciplines. Although medical errors are traditionally deemed as …

Giving patients their results online might be the answer

K Christensen, J Oldenburg - Archives of internal medicine, 2009 - jamanetwork.com
The recent article in the Archives titled “Fre-quency of Failure to Inform Patients of Clinically
Significant Outpatient Test Results” 1 states that the use of an EMR does not improve …

EMRs do not improve reporting rates of abnormal laboratory results?

T Zimmerman - Archives of internal medicine, 2009 - jamanetwork.com
The health care context is characterized by a high degree of complexity, involving a
kaleidoscope of medical disciplines. Although medical errors are traditionally deemed as …

Giving Patients Their Results Online Might Be the Answer—Reply

LP Casalino, DP Dunham, MH Chin… - Archives of Internal …, 2009 - jamanetwork.com
The recent article in the Archives titled “Fre-quency of Failure to Inform Patients of Clinically
Significant Outpatient Test Results” 1 states that the use of an EMR does not improve …