Electronic medical records and improving the quality of the screening process

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 683-684

  Fisher, Deborah A ^a,b  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; EDITORIAL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL AUDIT; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; QUALITY CONTROL;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 80051543748     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1722-9     Document Type: Editorial

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