Characteristics of local health departments associated with implementation of electronic health records and other informatics systems

Public Health Reports

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 272-282

  Shah, Gulzar H ^a   Leider, Jonathon P ^b   Castrucci, Brian C ^b   Williams, Karmen S ^a   Luo, Huabin ^c  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b De Beaumont Foundation   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC DISEASE REPORTING SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC LABORATORY REPORTING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION REGISTRY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; COMMUNITY CARE; ECONOMICS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; GOVERNMENT; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84959238600     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491613100211     Document Type: Article

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