The ambulatory care medical record: an administrative nightmare.
The patient medical record, according to Becky Glass and Sherri Mitchell, is a little recognized and highly underrated commodity that drives the practice and can often cripple it if not handled correctly. The authors describe how they successfully created "calm from chaos" in their academic group practice.
Glass
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University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235.
Mitchell
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D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000458:organization & administration; D000555:Ambulatory Care Information Systems; D006123:Group Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010934:Planning Techniques; D013781:Texas