Comparison of Methodologies for Calculating Quality Measures Based on Administrative Data versus Clinical Data from an Electronic Health Record System: Implications for Performance Measures

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 10-15

  Tang, Paul C ^a   Ralston, Mary ^b   Arrigotti, Michelle Fernandez ^b   Qureshi, Lubna ^a   Graham, Justin ^b  

^a PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b Lumetra   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL RECORD; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CALIFORNIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MEDICARE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROTEINURIA; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33845401811     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2198     Document Type: Article

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