Small physician practices in New York needed sustained help to realize gains in quality from use of electronic health records

Health Affairs

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 53-62

  Ryan, Andrew M ^a   Bishop, Tara F ^a   Shih, Sarah ^b   Casalino, Lawrence P ^c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Primary Care Information Project   (United States)

^c Division of Outcomes and Effectiveness Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; UNITED STATES;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NEW YORK CITY; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SMALL BUSINESS;

EID: 84872056950     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.0742     Document Type: Article

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