Underdiagnosis of hypertension using electronic health records

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-102

  Banerjee, Dipanjan ^a   Chung, Sukyung ^b   Wong, Eric C ^b   Wang, Elsie J ^b   Stafford, Randall S ^a   Palaniappan, Latha P ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

blood pressure; diagnosis; hypertension; incidence; prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CALIFORNIA; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 83655163756     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2011.179     Document Type: Article

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