Accelerated adoption of advanced health information technology in beacon community health centers

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 565-575

  Jones, Emily ^a,b   Wittie, Michael ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delivery of Health Care; Electronic Medical Records; Health Policy; Information Systems; Populations, Underserved

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NEWBORN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941200209     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2015.05.150034     Document Type: Article

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