Electronic medical records and quality of cancer care

Current Oncology Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 588-594

  Klumpp, Thomas R ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Electronic health records; Electronic medical records; Outcomes analysis; Performance improvement; Quality management

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICATION ERROR; NEOPLASM; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890065634     PISSN: 15233790     EISSN: 15346269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11912-013-0347-z     Document Type: Review

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