Quality of outpatient clinical notes: a stakeholder definition derived through qualitative research.

Janice L. Hanson; Mark B. Stephens; Louis N. Pangaro; Ronald W. Gimbel

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Quality of outpatient clinical notes: a stakeholder definition derived through qualitative research.

February 6, 2013

Hanson JL, Stephens MB, Pangaro LN, et al. BMC Health Serv Res. 2012;12:407.

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Clinicians, nurses, ancillary staff, patients, and health care administrators provided their perspectives regarding the characteristics of high quality outpatient clinical documentation for this qualitative study.

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