International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 77, Issue 12 , Pages 809-817 , December 2008

Positive effects of electronic patient records on three clinical activities

  • Morten Hertzum

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Computer Science, Roskilde University, Building 42.2, P.O. Box 260, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark. Tel.: +45 4674 3077; fax: +45 4674 3072.
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  • Jesper Simonsen

Received 24 August 2007 ,Revised 25 March 2008 ,Accepted 25 March 2008.

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PII: S1386-5056(08)00045-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2008.03.006

International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 77, Issue 12 , Pages 809-817 , December 2008

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