title: Information technology applications in quality assurance and quality improvement, Part II.
abstract: Many information technologies have been or could be applied to efforts to measure and improve health care quality. This article reviews the recent literature in medical informatics, quality assurance, and quality improvement to identify these and current, emerging, and potential technologies.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Management Information Center, Harvard Community Health Plan, Brookline, MA.
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Aronow
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Coltin
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D001330:Electronic Data Processing / Q000592:standards*; D005103:Expert Systems; D007255:Information Services; D007256:Information Systems / Q000592:standards*; D008490:Medical Informatics; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D011873:Radiology Information Systems / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States