Continuity of care and cardiovascular risk factor management: Does care by a single clinician add to informational continuity provided by electronic medical records?

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 689-696

  Litaker, David ^a,b,c   Ritter, Cory ^c   Ober, Scott ^a   Aron, David ^a,b  

^a LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EPISODE OF CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 27744605645     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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