Electronic health record implementation in outpatient safety-net settings in California

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1421-1430

  López, Andrea ^a   Patterson, Andie Martinez ^b   John, Vanesscia ^b   Sarkar, Urmimala ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b California Primary Care Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Disparities; Health information technology

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SAFETY NET HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

AMBULATORY CARE; CALIFORNIA; DATA COLLECTION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; SAFETY-NET PROVIDERS;

EID: 84871342550     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2012.0154     Document Type: Article

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