Using the electronic medical record to improve asthma severity documentation and treatment among family medicine residents

Family Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 334-337

  Davis, Angela M ^a   Cannon, Matthew ^a   Ables, Adrienne Z ^a   Bendyk, Heather ^a  

^a Department of Family Medicine

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLASSIFICATION; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ASTHMA; DOCUMENTATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77952397423     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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