Electronic health record functions differ between best and worst hospitals

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Elnahal, Shereef M ^a   Joynt, Karen E ^b,c   Bristol, Steffanie J ^b   Jha, Ashish K ^b,c,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH QUALITY HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW QUALITY HOSPITAL; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION; DATA COLLECTION; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960247960     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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