Relationship between use of electronic health record features and health care quality: Results of a statewide survey

Medical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 203-209

  Poon, Eric G ^a,b   Wright, Adam ^a,b,c   Simon, Steven R ^b,d   Jenter, Chelsea A ^a   Kaushal, Rainu ^e   Volk, Lynn A ^c   Cleary, Paul D ^f   Singer, Janice A ^g   Tumolo, Alexis Z ^a   Bates, David W ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Massachusetts Health Quality Partners   (United States)

Author keywords

Computerized order systems; Informatics; Medical record system; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; CHILD HEALTH; CHLAMYDIA; COLON CANCER; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EYE EXAMINATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL STUDENT; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; NEOPLASMS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77649166507     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181c16203     Document Type: Article

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