Measuring performance directly using the Veterans Health Administration electronic medical record: A comparison with external peer review

Medical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-79

  Goulet, Joseph L ^a,b   Erdos, Joseph ^c   Kancir, Sue ^b   Levin, Forrest L ^b   Wright, Steven M ^c   Daniels, Stanlie M ^c   Nilan, Lynnette ^c   Justice, Amy C ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical records systems; Quality measurement; Quality of care; Veterans

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; PEER REVIEW; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PEER REVIEW; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 33847097979     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000244510.09001.e5     Document Type: Review

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