The health IT regional extension center program: Evolution and lessons for health care transformation

Health Services Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1 PART 2, 2014, Pages 421-437

  Lynch, Kimberly ^a   Kendall, Mat ^a   Shanks, Katherine ^a   Haque, Ahmed ^a   Jones, Emily ^a   Wanis, Maggie G ^a   Furukawa, Michael ^a   Mostashari, Farzad ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic health records; Health information technology; Meaningful use; Practice transformation; Primary care providers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEANINGFUL USE CRITERIA; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REIMBURSEMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE TRANSFORMATION; PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEANINGFUL USE; PRACTICE TRANSFORMATION; PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; MALE; MEANINGFUL USE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SMALL BUSINESS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897019657     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12140     Document Type: Article

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