Implementing an integrated electronic outcomes and electronic health record process to create a foundation for clinical practice improvement

Physical Therapy

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 270-285

  Deutscher, Daniel ^a,b   Hart, Dennis L ^c   Dickstein, Ruth ^d   Horn, Susan D ^e   Gutvirtz, Moshe ^a  

^a MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

^b Focus on Therapeutic Outcomes Inc ^*  (Israel)

^c Focus on Therapeutic Outcomes Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^e INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL OUTCOMES RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPLETION RATE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA ENTRY TIME; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARAMETER; PARTICIPATION RATE; PATIENT; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 38849152280     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20060280     Document Type: Article

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