The use of an automated patient registry to manage and monitor cardiovascular conditions and related outcomes in a large health organization

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 345-349

  Shalev, Varda ^a,b   Chodick, Gabriel ^a,b   Goren, Iris ^a   Silber, Haim ^a   Kokia, Ehud ^a,b   Heymann, Anthony D ^a,b  

^a MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Israel; Medical informatics; Patient registry

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; MANAGED CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 80055029503     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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