Effectiveness of an intervention to improve the documentation required for diagnosis of metabolic syndrome in clinics serving African-American patients

Quality in Primary Care

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 191-196

  Pan, Qiuping ^a   Meng, Yuan Xiang ^a   Gibbons, Gary H ^a   Strayhorn, Gregory ^a  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Data entry intervention; Electronic health records (EHR); Feedback; Metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NURSE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DOCUMENTATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NURSES; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 67651162254     PISSN: 14791072     EISSN: 14791064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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