The impact of electronic health records on workflow and financial measures in primary care practices

Health Services Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1 PART 2, 2014, Pages 405-420

  Fleming, Neil S ^a   Becker, Edmund R ^b   Culler, Steven D ^b   Cheng, Dunlei ^c   McCorkle, Russell ^d   Da Graca, Briget ^a   Ballard, David J ^a  

^a BAYLOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Health Texas Provider Network   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic health records; Financial performance; Workflow

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FAMILY MEDICINE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN INCOME; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRODUCTIVITY; WORKFLOW; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; WORKFLOW;

AMBULATORY CARE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TEXAS; TIME FACTORS; WORKFLOW;

EID: 84897018675     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12133     Document Type: Article

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