Use of electronic medical records differs by specialty and office settings

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 20, Issue E1, 2013, Pages

  Kokkonen, Erik W J ^a   Davis, Scott A ^a   Lin, Hsien Chang ^b   Dabade, Tushar S ^a   Feldman, Steven R ^a   Fleischer Jr , Alan B ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; DERMATOLOGIST; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; PSYCHIATRIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMR; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH INSURANCE; MANAGEMENT; MEDICINE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NAMCS; PRIVATE PRACTICE; STATISTICS; TECHNOLOGY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EMR; NAMCS; TECHNOLOGY;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; GROUP PRACTICE; HUMANS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICINE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84881349531     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2012-001609     Document Type: Article

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