Using quality incentives to drive physician adoption of health information technology

Health Affairs

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1147-1149

  Hackbarth, Glenn ^a   Milgate, Karen ^b  

^a Medicare Payment Advisory Commission   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN INCENTIVE PLANS; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27644567772     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 02782715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.24.5.1147     Document Type: Short Survey

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