Changes in performance after implementation of a multifaceted electronic-health-record-based quality improvement system

Medical Care

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 117-125

  Persell, Stephen D ^a   Kaiser, Darren ^a   Dolan, Nancy C ^a   Andrews, Beth ^b   Levi, Sue ^c   Khandekar, Janardan ^c   Gavagan, Thomas ^c   Thompson, Jason A ^a   Friesema, Elisha M ^a   Baker, David W ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

audit and feedback; computerized clinical decision support; performance measurement; quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AGED; CHICAGO; CORONARY DISEASE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOCUMENTATION; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REMINDER SYSTEMS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78751622086     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318202913d     Document Type: Article

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