The Electronic Disability Record: Purpose, Parameters, and Model Use Case

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-13

  Tulu, Bengisu ^a   Horan, Thomas A ^b  

^a WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; PHYSICAL DISABILITY;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED;

EID: 57149126662     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2405     Document Type: Article

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