Harnessing health IT for improved cardiovascular risk management

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Wells, Sue ^a   Whittaker, Robyn ^a   Dorey, Enid ^a   Bullen, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICATION ERROR; MOBILE PHONE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK; TELEMEDICINE; THEORY-PRACTICE RELATIONSHIP; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; REVIEW; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77956839968     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000313     Document Type: Article

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