Improving communication between patients and providers using health information technology and other quality improvement strategies: Focus on Asian Americans

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Ngo Metzger, Quyen ^a   Hayes, Gillian R ^a   Yunan Chen, ^a   Cygan, Ralph ^a   Garfield, Craig F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; communication; health information technology; health IT; HIT; intervention; quality improvement (QI)

Indexed keywords

ASIAN AMERICAN; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WAITING ROOM; AMBULATORY CARE; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL INFORMATION; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ASIAN AMERICANS; COMMUNICATION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 77956800006     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558710375432     Document Type: Review

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