Electronic result viewing and quality of care in small group practices

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 405-410

  Kern, Lisa M ^a,b   Barrón, Yolanda ^a   Blair III, A John ^c,d   Salkowe, Jerry ^e   Chambers, Deborah ^e   Callahan, Mark A ^a,b   Kaushal, Rainu ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Taconic IPA   (United States)

^d MedAllies   (United States)

^e MVP Health Care   (United States)

Author keywords

Health information exchange; Health information technology; Laboratory results; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CASE MIX; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CLINICAL LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 41549134711     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0448-1     Document Type: Article

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