Implementation of health information technology in veterans health administration to support transformational change: Telehealth and personal health records

Medical Care

Volumn 49, Issue 12 SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Chumbler, Neale R ^a,b   Haggstrom, David ^a,c,d   Saleem, Jason J ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health Information Technology; patientcentered records; telehealth

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF CARE; TELEHEALTH; VETERAN;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 81855212632     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181d558f9     Document Type: Review

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