Leveraging health information technology to achieve the "triple aim" of healthcare reform

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 849-856

  Sheikh, Aziz ^a,b,c   Sood, Harpreet S ^b   Bates, David W ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONSUMER; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTERVIEW; LEG; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIVACY; REIMBURSEMENT; REWARD; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HEALTH CARE REFORM; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84941910711     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocv022     Document Type: Article

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