Engaging providers in underserved areas to adopt electronic health records

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 229-234

  Samuel, Cleo A ^b   King, Jennifer ^a   Adetosoye, Fadesola ^a   Samy, Leila ^a   Furukawa, Michael F ^a  

^a Office of Health Information Technology Adoption   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84877746022     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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