An electronic medical record intervention increased nursing home advance directive orders and documentation

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1001-1006

  Lindner, Serge A ^a,b,c   Ben Davoren, J ^a,b   Vollmer, Andrew ^a   Williams, Brie ^a,b   Seth Landefeld, C ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Center for Senior Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Computerized physician order entry; Electronic medical record; Quality improvement; Skilled nursing facility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ORDER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; VETERAN;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOMES; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RESUSCITATION ORDERS;

EID: 34347380135     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01214.x     Document Type: Article

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