Leveraging EMR functionality to improve patient care

Journal of Medical Practice Management

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 122-126

  Helm, Robin ^a   Olsen, Sandra ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease management; Electronic medical records; Healthcare reporting; Operational improvement; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956079235     PISSN: 87550229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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