Viewpoint: A Pragmatic Approach to Constructing a Minimum Data Set for Care of Patients with HIV in Developing Countries

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 253-260

  Tierney, William M ^a   Beck, Eduard J ^a   Gardner, Reed M ^a   Musick, Beverly ^a   Shields, Mark ^a   Shiyonga, Naomi M ^a   Spohr, Mark H ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REGISTRATION; STANDARD;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS;

EID: 33646509423     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2005     Document Type: Article

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