The accuracy and trends of smoking history documentation in electronic medical records in a large managed care organization

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 731-742

  Chen, Lie Hong ^a   Quinn, Virginia ^a   Xu, Lanfang ^a   Gould, Michael K ^a   Jacobsen, Steven J ^a   Koebnick, Corinna ^a   Reynolds, Kristi ^a   Hechter, Rulin C ^a   Chao, Chun R ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic medical records; Managed care organization; Smoking screening; Smoking status validation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; SMOKING; STATISTICS;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; SMOKING;

EID: 84879163729     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2013.787095     Document Type: Article

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