Using electronic health records to help coordinate care

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 457-481

  Burton, Lynda C ^a,b   Anderson, Gerard F ^a,c   Kues, Irvin W ^a,d,e,f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d Hlth Serv Cost Rev Commn S

^e Hlth Serv Cost Rev Commn S ^*

^f Johns Hopkins Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ELECTRONICS; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; ORGANIZATION; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED STATES;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE CARRIERS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4644255432     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0887-378X.2004.00318.x     Document Type: Review

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