The journey of primary care practices to meaningful use: A Colorado Beacon Consortium study

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 603-611

  Fernald, Douglas H ^a   Wearner, Robyn ^a   Dickinson, W Perry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic medical records; Health information technology; Meaningful use; Primary health care; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY; EVALUATION; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MEANINGFUL USE CRITERIA; MEDICAID; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICARE; NARRATIVE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAFF; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS; HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEANINGFUL USE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

COLORADO; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84883690634     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2013.05.120344     Document Type: Article

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