Does health information exchange reduce unnecessary neuroimaging and improve quality of headache care in the emergency department?

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 176-183

  Bailey, James E ^a   Wan, Jim Y ^a   Mabry, Lisa M ^a   Landy, Stephen H ^a   Pope, Rebecca A ^a   Waters, Teresa M ^a   Frisse, Mark E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

delivery of health care; emergency medicine; headache; headache disorders; health information exchange; health services research; medical informatics; migraine disorders; quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MIGRAINE; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTTRAUMATIC HEADACHE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RECURRENCE; TENNESSEE; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873429245     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-012-2092-7     Document Type: Article

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