Rational Use of electronic health records for diabetes population management topical collection on health care delivery systems in diabetes

Current Diabetes Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Eggleston, Emma M ^a,b   Klompas, Michael ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountable care organization; Diabetes; Electronic health record; Electronic medical record; Medical home; Population management; Quality; Team based care; Value

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MEANINGFUL USE CRITERIA; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ALGORITHM; FEMALE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVIEW; STANDARD; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84897109532     PISSN: 15344827     EISSN: 15390829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11892-014-0479-z     Document Type: Article

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