Electronic health record components and the quality of care

Medical Care

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1267-1272

  Keyhani, Salomeh ^a,b   Hebert, Paul L ^b   Ross, Joseph S ^a,b   Federman, Alex ^b   Zhu, Carolyn W ^a,b   Siu, Albert L ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Hypertension; Personal health record; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649107234     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31817e18ae     Document Type: Article

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