Assessing the feasibility of extracting clinical information to create quality indicators from primary healthcare practice EMRs.
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In 2011, a panel of primary healthcare (PHC) providers in Nova Scotia rated 19 of 35 selected Canadian Institute for Health Information (2006) clinical quality indicators (QIs) as "acceptable." In this study, the authors explored the feasibility of extracting electronic medical record (EMR) data required to create these PHC QI measures.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Healthcare quarterly
دوره 16 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013