Review paper: The use of quality improvement and health information technology approaches to improve diabetes outcomes in African American and hispanic patients

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Baig, Arshiya A ^a   Wilkes, Abigail E ^a   Davis, Andrew M ^a   Peek, Monica E ^a   Huang, Elbert S ^a   Bell, Douglas S ^b,c   Chin, Marshall H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

diabetes; health disparities; health information technology; quality improvement; underresourced settings

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; TELEMEDICINE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DYSLIPIDEMIA; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HYPERTENSION; LIPID ANALYSIS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; OBESITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956850910     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558710374621     Document Type: Review

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