Review: Use of electronic medical records for health outcomes research: A literature review

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 611-638

  Dean, Bonnie B ^a   Lam, Jessica ^a   Natoli, Jaime L ^a   Butler, Qiana ^a   Aguilar, Daniel ^a   Nordyke, Robert J ^b  

^a CERNER CORPORATION   (United States)

^b AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Computerized medical records; Electronic health care records; Electronic medical records; Outcomes research

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70449431315     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558709332440     Document Type: Review

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