Quality and certification of electronic health records: An overview of current approaches from the US and Europe

Applied Clinical Informatics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 149-164

  Hoerbst, Alexander ^a   Ammenwerth, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Certification; Electronic health record; Medical records; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952555358     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18690327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4338/ACI-2010-02-R-0009     Document Type: Review

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