Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 20, Issue 12 , Pages 1325-1330 , December 1991

An optically scanned ems reporting form and analysis system for statewide use: Development and five years' experience

    MD, FACEP
  • Steven M Joyce

      Affiliations

    • Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, USA
  • , CEP
  • Douglas E Brown

      Affiliations

    • EMS Data Systems, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Douglas E Brown, EMS Data Systems, 9832 North Hayden Road, Suite 213, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258.

Received 12 December 1990 ,Revised 29 July 1991 ,Accepted 26 August 1991.

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 Presented in part at the EMRS/SAEM Combined Meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland, October 1990.

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Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 20, Issue 12 , Pages 1325-1330 , December 1991