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It's like sending a message in a bottle: a qualitative study of the consequences of one-way communication technologies in hospitals.

Lafferty M, Harrod M, Krein SL, et al. It’s like sending a message in a bottle: a qualitative study of the consequences of one-way communication technologies in hospitals. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2021;28(12):28(12). doi:10.1093/jamia/ocab191.

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October 13, 2021
Lafferty M, Harrod M, Krein SL, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2021;28(12):28(12).
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Lafferty M, Harrod M, Krein SL, et al. It’s like sending a message in a bottle: a qualitative study of the consequences of one-way communication technologies in hospitals. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2021;28(12):28(12). doi:10.1093/jamia/ocab191.