Electronic health record vendor adherence to usability certification requirements and testing standards

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 314, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1070-1071

  Ratwani, Raj M ^a   Benda, Natalie C ^a   Zachary Hettinger, A ^a   Fairbanks, Rollin J ^a  

^a MEDSTAR HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; STANDARDIZATION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; GOVERNMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

CERTIFICATION; COMMERCE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES;

EID: 84941650159     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.8372     Document Type: Letter

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