An early status report on the Beacon Communities' plans for transformation via health information technology

Health Affairs

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 782-788

  McKethan, Aaron ^a   Brammer, Craig ^b   Fatemi, Parastou ^b   Kim, Minyoung ^b   Kirtane, Janhavi ^b   Kunzman, Jason ^b   Rao, Shaline ^b   Jain, Sachin H ^c  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b Office of the National Coordinator   (United States)

^c Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEACON COMMUNITY PROGRAM; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION; LEARNING;

DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955641665     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0166     Document Type: Article

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