Strategies for improving information management in emergency medicine to meet clinical, research, and administrative needs. Information Management Work Group.
The ED of the future will require the effective integration of information technologies into clinical care. This article proposes strategies for improving information management in emergency medicine to facilitate patient care, public health surveillance, clinical research, medical education, and health care management.
Cordell
W H
WH
Methodist Hospital, Emergency Medicine and Trauma Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis 46206, USA. wcordell@clarian.com
Overhage
J M
JM
Waeckerle
J F
JF
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