Use of physician-specific data and flow sheets to improve compliance with preventive and screening health care measures

Connecticut Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 613-620

  Hollister Jr , Dickerman ^a   Romanello, Joseph M ^a   Smith, Meryl L ^a   Radford, Martha J ^a  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONNECTICUT; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RECORDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33845204796     PISSN: 00106178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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