Computerized prompts for cancer screening in a community health center

Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 96-104

  Yarnall, Kimberly S H ^a,c   Rimer, Barbara K ^b   Hynes, Denise ^e   Watson, George ^c   Lyna, Pauline R ^e   Woods Powell, C T ^b   Terrenoire, Jennifer ^b   Thomas Barher, L ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Lincoln Community Health Center   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER SYSTEM; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REMINDER SYSTEM; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REMINDER SYSTEMS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 0032014528     PISSN: 08938652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/15572625-11-2-96     Document Type: Article

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