The use of Electronic Health Records to Support Population Health: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2018, Pages

  Kruse, Clemens Scott ^a   Stein, Anna ^a   Thomas, Heather ^a   Kaur, Harmander ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic health records (EHR); Outcomes; Population health; Public health

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BENCHMARKING; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; POPULATION HEALTH; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; HUMAN; MEANINGFUL USE CRITERIA;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; MEANINGFUL USE; POPULATION HEALTH;

EID: 85054075485     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-018-1075-6     Document Type: Review

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