Genetic testing behavior and reporting patterns in electronic medical records for physicians trained in a primary care specialty or subspecialty

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 570-574

  Ronquillo, Jeremiah Geronimo ^a,b   Li, Cheng ^c   Lester, William T ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTHROMBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENETIC SCREENING; GROUPS BY AGE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCHOOL CHILD; TAY SACHS DISEASE;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84865198380     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000621     Document Type: Article

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