Meeting meaningful use criteria and managing patient populations: A national survey of practicing physicians

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 791-799

  Desroches, Catherine M ^a   Audet, Anne Marie ^b   Painter, Michael ^c   Donelan, Karen ^d  

^a MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Commonwealth Fund ^*  (United States)

^c ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEANINGFUL USE CRITERIA; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84878677956     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-158-11-201306040-00003     Document Type: Article

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