Effect of health information technology interventions on lipid management in clinical practice: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

Journal of Clinical Lipidology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 546-560

  Aspry, Karen E ^a   Furman, Roy ^b   Karalis, Dean G ^c   Jacobson, Terry A ^d   Zhang, Audrey M ^b   Liptak, Gregory S ^b   Cohen, Jerome D ^e  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Intelligent Medical Decisions Inc   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol management; Computerized decision support; Electronic health record; Health information technology; Hyperlipidemia; Low density lipoprotein cholesterol; Population management; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID ANALYSIS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REMINDER SYSTEM; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELEMEDICINE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CHOLESTEROL MANAGEMENT; COMPUTERIZED DECISION SUPPORT; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LOW-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; POPULATION MANAGEMENT; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84889676179     PISSN: 19332874     EISSN: 18764789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacl.2013.10.004     Document Type: Review

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