Impact of homecare electronic health record on timeliness of clinical documentation, reimbursement, and patient outcomes

Applied Clinical Informatics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 445-462

  Sockolow, P S ^a   Bowles, K H ^b   Adelsberger, M C ^c   Chittams, J L ^b   Liao, C ^d  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c ABINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged. homecare; Clinical information systems; Evaluation studies; Patient care team; Technology evaluation

Indexed keywords

DOCUMENTATION; ECONOMICS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; SATISFACTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; UTILIZATION;

DOCUMENTATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONAL SATISFACTION; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84901441977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18690327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4338/ACI-2013-12-RA-0106     Document Type: Article

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