Contingency planning for electronic health record-based care continuity: A survey of recommended practices

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 797-804

  Sittig, Dean F ^a   Gonzalez, Daniel ^b   Singh, Hardeep ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b ST LUKE'S EPISCOPAL HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic health records

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; MAINTENANCE; MEDICAL COMPUTING; RECORDS MANAGEMENT; SURVEYS;

CONTINGENCY PLANNING; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD SYSTEMS; HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES (HIT); HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION; RECOMMENDED PRACTICE;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONTINGENCY PLANNING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GENERATOR; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT CARE; PLANNING; STAFF TRAINING; UNITED STATES; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DATA CURATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84908070059     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2014.07.007     Document Type: Article

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