Enhancing the Quality and Efficiency of Newborn Screening Programs Through the Use of Health Information Technology

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 156-162

  Downing, Gregory J ^a   Zuckerman, Alan E ^b   Coon, Constanze ^c   Lloyd Puryear, Michele A ^d  

^a Personalized Health Care Initiative   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Deloitte Consulting LLP   (United States)

^d HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

health information exchange; health information technology; newborn screening; public health; quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CONFIDENTIALITY; EARLY INTERVENTION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NEWBORN SCREENING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHENYLKETONURIA; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STANDARDIZATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; PHENYLKETONURIA, MATERNAL; PREGNANCY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77649170240     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2009.12.005     Document Type: Review

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