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General Internal Medicine

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STUDY

Trends in primary care clinician perceptions of a new electronic health record.

El-Kareh R, Gandhi TK, Poon EG, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2009;24:464-468.

STUDY

Physician perspectives on quality and error in the outpatient setting.

Manwell LB, Williams ES, Babbott S, Rabatin JS, Linzer M. WMJ. 2009;108:139-144.

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The management of test results in primary care: does an electronic medical record make a difference?

Elder NC, McEwen TR, Flach J, Gallimore J, Pallerla H. Fam Med. 2010;42:327-333.

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Patient safety climate in primary care: age matters.

Holden LM, Watts DD, Hinton WP. J Patient Saf. 2009;5:23-28.

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Using an electronic prescribing system to ensure accurate medication lists in a large multidisciplinary medical group.

Stock R, Scott J, Gurtel S. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2009;35:271-279.

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Impact of non-interruptive medication laboratory monitoring alerts in ambulatory care.

Lo HG, Matheny ME, Seger DL, Bates DW, Gandhi TK. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2009;16:66-71.

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Impact of implementing alerts about medication black-box warnings in electronic health records.

Yu DT, Seger DL, Lasser KE, et al. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2011;20:192-202.

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Managed care penetration and other factors affecting computerized physician order entry in the ambulatory setting.

Menachemi N, Ford EW, Chukmaitov A, Brooks RG. Am J Manag Care. 2006;12:738-744.

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Improving medication safety in primary care using electronic health records.

Nemeth LS, Wessell AM. J Patient Saf. 2010;6:238-243.

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Transitioning between electronic health records: effects on ambulatory prescribing safety.

Abramson EL, Malhotra S, Fischer K, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2011;26:868-874.

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Are opioid dependence and methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) documented in the medical record? A patient safety issue.

Walley AY, Farrar D, Cheng DM, Alford DP, Samet JH. J Gen Intern Med. 2009;24:1007-1011.

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How teams work—or don’t—in primary care: a field study on internal medicine practices.

Chesluk BJ, Holmboe ES. Health Aff (Millwood). 2010;29:874-879.

COMMENTARY

Urine a Tough Position.

Gandhi TK. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. October 2003.

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How improving practice relationships among clinicians and nonclinicians can improve quality in primary care.

Lanham HJ, McDaniel RR, Crabtree BF, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2009;35:457-466.

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Creating a better discharge summary: improvement in quality and timeliness using an electronic discharge summary.

O'Leary KJ, Liebovitz SM, Feinglass J, et al. J Hosp Med. 2009;4:219-225.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Transitions of Care Consensus Policy Statement American College of Physicians-Society of General Internal Medicine-Society of Hospital Medicine-American Geriatrics Society-American College of Emergency Physicians-Society of Academic Emergency Medicine.

Snow V, Beck D, Budnitz T, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2009;24:971-976.

MEASUREMENT TOOL/INDICATOR

Prevention Quality Indicators.

AHRQ Quality Indicators. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; September 2005.

STUDY

Assessing the value of electronic prescribing in ambulatory care: A focus group study.

Weingart SN, Massagli M, Cyrulik A, et al. Int J Med Inform. 2009;78:571-578.

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Performance of a fail-safe system to follow up abnormal mammograms in primary care.

Grossman E, Phillips RS, Weingart SN. J Patient Saf. 2010;6:172-179.

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Stopping the error cascade: a report on ameliorators from the ASIPS collaborative.

Parnes B, Fernald D, Quintela J, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2007;16:12-16.

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