The rise of electronic health record adoption among family physicians

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 14-19

  Xierali, Imam M ^a,b   Hsiao, Chun Ju ^c   Puffer, James C ^d   Green, Larry A ^e   Rinaldo, Jason C B ^d   Bazemore, Andrew W ^f   Burke, Mathew T ^b,g   Phillips, Robert L ^d  

^a ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^d American Board Family Medicine   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f ROBERT GRAHAM CENTER   (United States)

^g Franklin Square Hospital Center   (United States)

Author keywords

American board of family medicine; Electronic health record; Family physicians; National ambulatory medical care survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; UNITED STATES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872302843     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1461     Document Type: Article

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