Effectiveness of an electronic health record-based intervention to improve follow-up of abnormal pathology results: A retrospective record analysis

Medical Care

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 898-904

  Laxmisan, Archana ^a,b   Sittig, Dean F ^c   Pietz, Kenneth ^a,b   Espadas, Donna ^a,b   Krishnan, Bhuvaneswari ^b,d   Singh, Hardeep ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UT Memorial Hermann Center for Healthcare Quality and Safety   (United States)

^d MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

anatomic pathology; communication; electronic health record; follow up; postanalytic phase

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PATHOLOGY; REMINDER SYSTEMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 84866563415     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31825f6619     Document Type: Article

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