Do electronic medical records improve diabetes quality in physician practices?

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 144-149

  McCullough, Jeffrey S ^a   Christianson, Jon ^a   Leerapan, Borwornsom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875136894     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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