Integrating "best of care" protocols into clinicians' workflow via care provider order entry: Impact on quality-of-care indicators for acute myocardial infarction

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 188-196

  Ozdas, Asli ^a,e   Speroff, Theodore ^b,c   Waitman, L Russell ^a   Ozbolt, Judy ^b,d   Butler, Javed ^b,c   Miller, Randolph A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ASPIRIN; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 33644685032     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M1656     Document Type: Article

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