Information technology to support improved care for chronic illness

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2007, Pages 425-430

  Young, Alexander S ^a,b   Chaney, Edmund ^c,d   Shoai, Rebecca ^a   Bonner, Laura ^c   Cohen, Amy N ^a   Doebbeling, Brad ^e,f   Dorr, David ^g,h   Goldstein, Mary K ^i,j   Kerr, Eve ^k,l   Nichol, Paul ^c   Perrin, Ruth ^m  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Northwest Health Services Research and Development Program   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e Indianapolis Casting Corp   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Portland VA Research Foundation   (United States)

^h OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^j STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k Ann Arbor MI VA GRECC   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^m VA Information Resource Center   (United States)

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Author keywords

Chronic disease; Clinical information systems; Decision making; Informatics; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SELF CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 36448946526     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0303-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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