Improving the quality of care of patients with rheumatic disease using patient-centric electronic redesign software

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 546-553

  Newman, Eric D ^a   Lerch, Virginia ^a   Billet, Jon ^a   Berger, Andrea ^a   Kirchner, H Lester ^a  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CONTROL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84925389993     PISSN: 2151464X     EISSN: 21514658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.22479     Document Type: Article

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