Report of the AMIA EHR-2020 Task Force on the status and future direction of EHRs

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1102-1110

  Payne, Thomas H ^a   Corley, Sarah ^b   Cullen, Theresa A ^c   Gandhi, Tejal K ^d   Harrington, Linda ^e   Kuperman, Gilad J ^f   Mattison, John E ^g   McCallie, David P ^h   McDonald, Clement J ⁱ   Tang, Paul C ^j   Tierney, William M ^k   Weaver, Charlotte ^l   Weir, Charlene R ^m   Zaroukian, Michael H ⁿ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NextGen Healthcare   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d National Patient Safety Foundation   (United States)

^e Healthcare Digital Strategy Consultant   (United States)

^f NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^h CERNER CORPORATION   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^j PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

^k INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l Healthcare Executive and Board Member   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL POLICY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT CARE; FORECASTING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; POLICY; STANDARDS; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FORECASTING; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84953343333     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocv066     Document Type: Article

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