An integrated EHR at Northern California Kaiser Permanente: Pitfalls, challenges, and benefits experienced in transitioning

Applied Clinical Informatics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 318-325

  Bornstein, Steven ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical documentation and communications; Clinical information systems; Electronic health records and systems; Facilitators and barriers; Implementation and deployment; Integrated information systems; Patient records; Telemedicine and telehealth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DOCUMENTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS; CLINICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS AND SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FACILITATORS AND BARRIERS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; IMPLEMENTATION AND DEPLOYMENT; INTEGRATED INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT RECORDS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STATISTICS; TELEMEDICINE AND TELEHEALTH; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL DOCUMENTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS; CLINICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS AND SYSTEMS; FACILITATORS AND BARRIERS; IMPLEMENTATION AND DEPLOYMENT; INTEGRATED INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PATIENT RECORDS; TELEMEDICINE AND TELEHEALTH;

CALIFORNIA; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84884497577     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18690327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4338/ACI-2012-03-RA-0006     Document Type: Article

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