Clinical effect of computer generated physician reminders in health screening in primary health care - A controlled clinical trial of preventive services among the elderly

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 73, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 695-703

  Toth Pal, Eva ^a,b   Nilsson, Gunnar H ^b   Furhoff, Anna Karin ^b  

^a Enebyberg Health Centre   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Computer generated reminders; Elderly; Electronic patient records; Opportunistic health screening; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; PATIENT TREATMENT;

ELECTRONIC PATIENT RECORD (EPR) SYSTEMS; HEALTH SCREENING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

COBALAMIN;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEDEN; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REMINDER SYSTEMS;

EID: 4344598100     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2004.05.007     Document Type: Article

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