Legal, ethical, and financial dilemmas in electronic health record adoption and use

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Sittig, Dean F ^a   Singh, Hardeep ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENTIALITY; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LIABILITY, LEGAL; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953311893     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-2184     Document Type: Article

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