Electronic health records and quality of care an observational study modeling impact on mortality, readmissions, and complications

Medicine (United States)

Volumn 95, Issue 19, 2016, Pages

  Yanamadala, Swati ^a   Morrison, Doug ^a   Curtin, Catherine ^a   McDonald, Kathryn ^a   Hernandez Boussard, Tina ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; COLON RESECTION; COMPLICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84970002417     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000003332     Document Type: Conference Paper

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