Adoption of order entry with decision support for chronic care by physician organizations.

Jodi S Simon; Thomas G Rundall; Stephen M Shortell

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Adoption of order entry with decision support for chronic care by physician organizations.

July 18, 2007

Simon JS, Rundall TG, Shortell SM. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2007;14(4):432-9.

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The authors surveyed primary care medical groups and found that only 27% have electronic order entry with decision support for chronic disease care. External quality incentives were associated with driving adoption of such tools.

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