Improving quality of care. A systematic review on how medical registries provide information feedback to health care providers

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 305-323

  van der Veer, Sabine N ^a   de Keizer, Nicolette F ^a   Ravelli, Anita C J ^a   Tenkink, Suzanne ^a   Jager, Kitty J ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Feedback; Health care evaluation mechanisms; Performance monitoring; Registries; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

DATA ABSTRACTION; DATA EXTRACTION; DATA SOURCE; FEEDBACK STRATEGIES; HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS; INFORMATION FEEDBACK; MEDLINE; MULTI-FACETED APPROACH; ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS; PERFORMANCE MONITORING; POSITIVE EFFECTS; QUALITY OF CARE; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SUCCESS FACTORS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ABSTRACTING; HEALTH;

HEALTH CARE;

ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DOCUMENTATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EXPECTANCY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDLINE; MESH HEADING; MONITORING; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; REGISTER; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SCREENING; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

FEEDBACK; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 77950031970     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2010.01.011     Document Type: Review

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