Fundamental issues in implementing an ambulatory care electronic health record

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 55-64

  McAlearney, Ann Scheck ^a,b,c   Hefner, Jennifer L ^a   Sieck, Cynthia ^a   Rizer, Milisa ^a   Huerta, Timothy R ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electronic medical records; Practice management; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONALISM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD;

AMBULATORY CARE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE;

EID: 84920589051     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2015.01.140078     Document Type: Review

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