Care coordination gaps due to lack of interoperability in the United States: A qualitative study and literature review

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Samal, Lipika ^a,b   Dykes, Patricia C ^a,b   Greenberg, Jeffrey O ^a,b   Hasan, Omar ^c   Venkatesh, Arjun K ^d   Volk, Lynn A ^e   Bates, David W ^a,b,e  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Care coordination; Care transitions; Electronic health record; Meaningful use; Readmissions

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; CAREGIVER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CARE; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT TRANSFER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84966359612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-016-1373-y     Document Type: Article

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