Redesign of an electronic clinical reminder to prevent falls in older adults

Medical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 3 SUPPL. 1, 2013, Pages

  Spears, Gwendolyn V ^a   Roth, Carol P ^b   Miake Lye, Isomi M ^a   Saliba, Debra ^a,b,c,d   Shekelle, Paul G ^a,d   Ganz, David A ^a,d  

^a VA Greater Los Angeles Health Services Research and Development (HSR and D) Center of Excellence for   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical reminder; fall prevention; primary care; quality improvement

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; DEMENTIA; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EXERCISE; FALLING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STAFF TRAINING; VETERAN;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CALIFORNIA; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REMINDER SYSTEMS; RISK; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 84874047173     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31827807f8     Document Type: Article

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