Impact of the implementation of electronic guidelines for cardiovascular prevention in primary care: Study protocol

Informatics in Primary Care

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 129-139

  Comin, Eva ^a   Catalán Ramos, Arantxa ^a   Verdu, Jose Ma ^a   Iglesias Rodal, Manuel ^b   Del Val García, José L ^c   Grau, María ^b   Amado, Ester ^a   Pons, Angels ^a   Consola, Alicia ^d   Ciurana, Ramon ^a   Franzi, Alicia ^a   Mata, Manel ^a   Cos, Xavier ^a   Frigola, Eva ^a,e,f   Davins, Josep ^g  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Research Institute University Primary Care IDIAP Jordi Gol   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d Aplicaciones en Informática Avanzada AIA S L   (Spain)

^e CIBER Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP)   (Spain)

^f CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^g Edifici Ave Maria   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electronic health records; Physicians; Practice guidelines as topic; Primary care; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SPAIN; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SPAIN;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877797825     PISSN: 14760320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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