Health information technology to guide pediatric obesity management

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 543-549

  McDonald, Julia ^a   Goldman, Roberta E ^b,c   O'Brien, Ashley ^a   Ayash, Christine ^a   Mitchell, Kathy ^d   Marshall, Richard ^d   Simon, Steven R ^e,f   Taveras, Elsie M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^e VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

decision support system; electronic records; guidelines; obesity treatment; pediatric

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; OBESITY; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; TEACHING; WORKFLOW;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79956129446     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922810395131     Document Type: Article

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