How is the electronic health record being used? Use of EHR data to assess physician-level variability in technology use

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1001-1008

  Ancker, Jessica S ^a,b   Kern, Lisa M ^a,b   Edwards, Alison ^a,b   Nosal, Sarah ^c   Stein, Daniel M ^a   Hauser, Diane ^c   Kaushal, Rainu ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Health Information Technology Evaluation Collaborative HITEC   (United States)

^c The Institute for Family Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEANINGFUL USE CRITERIA; MEDICAID; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MEDICARE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT CODING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOOL USE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84923148949     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2013-002627     Document Type: Article

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