Systematic review: Impact of health information technology on quality, efficiency, and costs of medical care

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 144, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 742-752

  Chaudhry, Basit ^a   Wang, Jerome ^b   Wu, Shinyi ^c   Maglione, Margaret ^c   Mojica, Walter ^c   Roth, Elizabeth ^c   Morton, Sally C ^d   Shekelle, Paul G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VACCINATION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646822781     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-144-10-200605160-00125     Document Type: Review

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