Health information technology and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Some of the challenges ahead

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1276-1278

  Lee, Jae Chul ^a   Lau, Denys T ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENTIALITY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DOCUMENTATION; EDITORIAL; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INVESTMENT; LAW; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICARE; MEDICATION ERROR; PATENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68849098267     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2009.06.001     Document Type: Editorial

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