Electronic Health Record (EHR)-Based Community Health Measures: An Exploratory Assessment of Perceived Usefulness by Local Health Departments

Electronic Health Record (EHR)-Based Community Health Measures: An Exploratory Assessment of Perceived Usefulness by Local Health Departments

Abstract Background Given the widespread adoption of electronic health record (EHR) systems in health care organizations, public health agencies are interested in accessing EHR data to improve health assessment and surveillance. Yet there exist few examples in the U.S. of governmental health agencie...

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Main Authors: Karen F. Comer, P. Joseph Gibson, Jian Zou, Marc Rosenman, Brian E. Dixon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Community health assessment
Community health measure
Electronic health record
Health information exchange
Population health
Public health
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-018-5550-2

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