The state of population health surveillance using electronic health records: A narrative review

Population Health Management

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 209-216

  Paul, Margaret M ^a   Greene, Carolyn M ^b   Newton Dame, Remle ^b   Thorpe, Lorna E ^c   Perlman, Sharon E ^b   McVeigh, Katherine H ^b   Gourevitch, Marc N ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT INFORMATION; POPULATION HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; REVIEW; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES;

AMBULATORY CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, MEDICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930585354     PISSN: 19427891     EISSN: 19427905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pop.2014.0093     Document Type: Review

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