Features of medical records in community practices and their association with preventive service delivery

Medical Care

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 28-33

  Weyer, Sharon M ^a,b   Konrad, Nancy ^a,b   Esola, Diane ^a   Goodwin, Meredith A ^a,b   Stange, Kurt C ^a,b   Flocke, Susan A ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community practice; Documentation; Flow sheets; Medical record; Preventive service delivery; Primary care

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; IMMUNIZATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSING; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOCUMENTATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 12344322359     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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