CKD Screening and Management in the Veterans Health Administration: The Impact of System Organization and an Innovative Electronic Record

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 53, Issue 3 SUPPL. 3, 2009, Pages

  Patel, Thakor G ^a   Pogach, Leonard M ^b   Barth, Robert H ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease; clinical guidelines; electronic medical record

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCREENING TEST; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

EID: 60249095299     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.07.051     Document Type: Article

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