An evaluation of the Veterans Health Administration's clinical reminders system: A national survey of generalists

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 392-398

  Fung, Constance H ^a,b,h   Tsai, Jerry S ^a   Lulejian, Armine ^a   Glassman, Peter ^a,b   Patterson, Emily ^c,d   Doebbeling, Brad N ^e,f,g   Asch, Steven M ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA Getting at Patient Safety (GAPS) Center   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision support systems clinical; Evidence based medicine; Medical records systems computerized; Primary health care; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORK; WORKLOAD;

ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REMINDER SYSTEMS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 41549135617     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0417-8     Document Type: Article

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