Despite substantial progress in EHR adoption, health information exchange and patient engagement remain low in office settings

Health Affairs

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1672-1679

  Furukawa, Michael F ^a   King, Jennifer ^b   Patel, Vaishali ^b   Hsiao, Chun Ju ^a   Adler Milstein, Julia ^c   Jha, Ashish K ^d  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b ONC   (United States)

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

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; UNITED STATES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEANINGFUL USE CRITERIA; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE; HUMANS; MEANINGFUL USE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIANS' OFFICES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907063092     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.0445     Document Type: Article

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