A Survey analysis suggests that electronic health records will yield revenue gains for some practices and losses for many

Health Affairs

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 562-570

  Adler Milstein, Julia ^a,b   Green, Carol E ^b   Bates, David W ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; COST CONTROL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INVESTMENT; PATIENT CODING; PHYSICIAN INCOME; RETURN ON INVESTMENT;

AMBULATORY CARE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INVESTMENTS; MASSACHUSETTS; MEANINGFUL USE; MEDICARE; PILOT PROJECTS; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875042958     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.0306     Document Type: Article

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