The VA hypertension primary care longitudinal cohort: Electronic medical records in the post-genomic era

Health Informatics Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 274-286

  Salem, Rany M ^a   Pandey, Braj ^b   Richard, Erin ^a   Fung, Maple M ^a   Garcia, Erin P ^c   Brophy, Victoria H ^d   Schork, Nicholas J ^e   O'Connor, Daniel T ^a   Bhatnagar, Vibha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS   (United States)

^e SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

electronic medical record; hypertension; primary care; privacy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GENETICS; GENOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; GENOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 78651334534     PISSN: 14604582     EISSN: 17412811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1460458210380527     Document Type: Article

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