Electronic medical records and efficiency and productivity during office visits

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 296-303

  Furukawa, Michael F ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; ELECTROLYTE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; LIPID; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BREAST EXAMINATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIET THERAPY; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EXCISION; EXERCISE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MENTAL HEALTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSTETRICS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; ORTHOPEDICS; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PEDIATRICS; PELVIC EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRESCRIPTION; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RADIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; SCREENING; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SKIN EXAMINATION; SPEECH THERAPY; STRESS; SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WOUND CARE; X RAY;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH RECORDS, PERSONAL; HUMANS; OFFICE VISITS; PHYSICIANS' OFFICES;

EID: 79960260589     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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