Associations between healthcare quality and use of electronic health record functions in ambulatory care

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 864-871

  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 Department of Family Medicine and Community Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADULT; ALARM MONITORING; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD CERTIFICATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEANINGFUL USE CRITERIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SMOKING CESSATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MEANINGFUL USE; PHYSICIANS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TOBACCO USE CESSATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84940373615     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocv030     Document Type: Article

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