A protocol based, electronic medical record enabled care coordination system improves the timeliness and efficiency of care for patients with hematuria

Journal of Urology

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 212-217

  Casey, Jessica T ^a   Berkowitz, Lyle L ^a   Cashy, John ^a   Wichramasinghe, Nilmini ^b   Schaeffer, Anthony J ^a   Gonzalez, Christopher M ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

diagnosis; efficiency; electronic health records; hematuria; organizational; urology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARE COORDINATION SYSTEM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOSCOPY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE; URINE CYTOLOGY; URINE SEDIMENT; UROLOGY;

COST SAVINGS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RECURRENCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED STATES; UROLOGY;

EID: 84878854585     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2013.01.018     Document Type: Article

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