Medical Records Systems, Computerized
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Redesign of a university hospital preanesthesia evaluation clinic using a queuing theory approach.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Changes in patient length of stay (the duration of 1 clinic visit) as a result of the introduction of an electronic patient file system forced an anesthesia department to change its outpatient clinic organization. In this study, we ... Read more...

Associations between structural capabilities of primary care practices and performance on selected quality measures.

4 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Recent proposals to reform primary care have encouraged physician practices to adopt such structural capabilities as performance feedback and electronic health records. Whether practices with these capabilities have higher performance on ... Read more...

Using National Drug Codes and drug knowledge bases to organize prescription records from multiple sources.

29 Sep 2009 PURPOSE: The utility of National Drug Codes (NDCs) and drug knowledge bases (DKBs) in the organization of prescription records from multiple sources was studied. METHODS: The master files of most pharmacy systems include NDCs and local codes to ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Medical Records Systems, Computerized'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Redesign of a university hospital preanesthesia evaluation clinic using a queuing theory approach. 30 Oct 2009
• Giving patients their results online might be the answer. 24 Oct 2009
• Informatics aids to reduce failure rates in notification of abnormal outpatient test results. 24 Oct 2009
• EMRs do not improve reporting rates of abnormal laboratory results? 24 Oct 2009
• Associations between structural capabilities of primary care practices and performance on selected quality measures. 4 Oct 2009
• Using National Drug Codes and drug knowledge bases to organize prescription records from multiple sources. 29 Sep 2009
• Use of technology in the orthodontic practice: a day in the life. 29 Sep 2009
• Building nonhospital-based platforms for ambulatory orthognathic surgery: facility, anesthesia, and price considerations. 29 Sep 2009
• The impact of electronic medical records on nursing efficiency. 29 Sep 2009
• Diagnosis of Munchausen's syndrome by an electronic health record search. 29 Sep 2009
• Registries and health care quality improvement. 27 Sep 2009
• Implementing electronic health record-based quality measures for developmental screening. 26 Sep 2009
• Timely follow-up of abnormal diagnostic imaging test results in an outpatient setting: are electronic medical records achieving their potential? 26 Sep 2009
• [Communication about prescription interventions between pharmacists and general practitioners] 22 Sep 2009
• Can the NHS get connected? 22 Sep 2009
• [Electronic health records and biomedical research] 16 Sep 2009
• [Searching French institutional health information sources: catalogue and index of French-language medical sites (CISMeF)] 14 Sep 2009
• [Medicine 2.0: the stakes of participatory medicine] 7 Sep 2009
• Eight rights of safe electronic health record use. 7 Sep 2009
• Electronic medical records at a crossroads: impetus for change or missed opportunity? 7 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Medical Records Systems, Computerized'

Definition: Computer-based systems for input, storage, display, retrieval, and printing of information contained in a patient's medical record.

Descriptor UI: D016347

Alternative terms: Medical Records Systems, Computerized; Computerized Medical Record System; Medical Record System, Computerized; Medical Record Systems, Computerized; Medical Records System, Computerized; Computerized Medical Records Systems; Computerized Patient Medical Records; Automated Medical Record System; Automated Medical Record Systems; Automated Medical Records System; Medical Record System, Automated; Medical Record Systems, Automated; Medical Records System, Automated; Medical Records Systems, Automated; Automated Medical Records Systems; Computerized Medical Record Systems; Computerized Medical Records System; Medical Records, Computerized; Medical Record, Computerized; Computerized Medical Record; Record, Computerized Medical; Records, Computerized Medical; Computerized Medical Records; Computerized Patient Records; Computerized Patient Record; Patient Record, Computerized; Record, Computerized Patient; Records, Computerized Patient; Patient Records, Computerized;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: E05.318.308.940.968.625; L01.280.900.968.775; L01.700.508.300.695; N04.452.859.564.650; N05.715.360.300.715.500.530; N06.850.520.308.940.968.625;

History Note: 91

Technical Notes: DF: AUTOMATED MED RECORDS