Engaging Patients in Underserved Populations with Health Information Technology (HIT)
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Examining the use of HIT functions among physicians serving minority populations.
The Institute of Medicine highlighted the fact that the U.S. health care system does not provide consistent, high quality medical care to all people. The routine use of health information technology (HIT) that includes certain key functions may be critical in reducing such disparities. We used logistic regression analyses to examine differences when it comes to the routine use of key HIT functi...
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