Benchmarking electronic medical records initiatives in the US: A conceptual model

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 273-279

  Palacio, Carlos ^a   Harrison, Jeffrey P ^b   Garets, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c HIMSS   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical information systems; Computerized patient order entry; Electronic medical records; Healthcare quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COST CONTROL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PATIENT INFORMATION; PROCESS MODEL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

BENCHMARKING; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954052780     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-008-9238-5     Document Type: Article

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