Informing the development of a national diabetes register in Ireland: A literature review of the impact of patient registration on diabetes care

Informatics in Primary Care

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 157-168

  O'Mullane, Monica ^a   McHugh, Sheena ^a   Bradley, Colin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Family practice; Register

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; IRELAND; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGISTER; REVIEW; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DIABETES MELLITUS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; IRELAND; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES;

EID: 79952548212     PISSN: 14760320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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