Health information technology: Addressing health disparity by improving quality, increasing access, and developing workforce

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 301-307

  Custodio, Ricardo ^a,b   Gard, Anna M ^c   Graham, Garth ^d  

^a Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c Health Center in a Philadelphia Public Housing Community   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649394733     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0142     Document Type: Article

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