Meaningful measurement: Developing a measurement system to improve blood pressure control in patients with chronic kidney disease

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 20, Issue E1, 2013, Pages

  Greenberg, Jeffrey O ^a,b   Vakharia, Nirav ^b,c   Szent Gyorgyi, Lara E ^a   Desai, Sonali P ^a,b   Turchin, Alexander ^a,b,d   Forman, John ^a,b   Bonventre, Joseph V ^a,b   Kachalia, Allen ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING; NEPHROLOGIST; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PHYSICIAN; CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; POPULATION MANAGEMENT; REGISTER; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; POPULATION MANAGEMENT; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REGISTRIES;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REGISTRIES; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84881338064     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2012-001308     Document Type: Article

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