Assessment of COPD-related outcomes via a national electronic medical record database

International Journal of COPD

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 323-326

  Asche, Carl ^a   Said, Quayyim ^a   Joish, Vijay ^a   Hall, Charles Oaxaca ^a   Brixner, Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

COPD; Dataset; EMR; PFT; Retrospective

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL;

HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 47849085256     PISSN: 11769106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Asche CV, Young D, Brixner DI, et al. Assessment of physician prescribing for primary care patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in a national electronic medical record (EMR) research database. Poster presentation at the 72nd Annual International Assembly of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP). Chest, October 21-26, 2006. Salt Lake City, Utah.
2. Benson K, Hartz AJ. 2000. A comparison of observational studies and randomized, controlled trials. N Engl J Med, 342:1878-92.
3. Concato J, Shah N, Horwitz RI. 2000. Randomized, controlled trials, observational studies, and the hierarchy of research designs. N Engl J Med, 342:1887-92.
4. [GOLD] Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. 2005. Global Strategy for the diagnosis, management, and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. NHLBI/WHO workshop report, 2001 (updated 2005) [online]. Accessed November 10, 2007. URL: http://www.goldcopd.com.
5. Joish VN, Brady E, Stockdale W, et al. 2006. Evaluating diagnosis and treatment patterns of COPD in primary care. Treat Respir Med, 5:283-93.