Redesigning electronic health record systems to support public health

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 398-409

  Kukafka, Rita ^a,b   Ancker, Jessica S ^a   Chan, Connie ^a   Chelico, John ^a   Khan, Sharib ^a   Mortoti, Selasie ^a   Natarajan, Karthik ^a   Presley, Kempton ^b   Stephens, Kayann ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Assurance; Decision support; Patient centered health records; Policy development; Public health; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; PATIENT MONITORING; PUBLIC POLICY;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD SYSTEMS; PATIENT-CENTERED HEALTH RECORDS; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH;

HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; NEW YORK; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 34547558424     PISSN: 15320464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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