Underdiagnosis of hypertension using electronic health records.

Dipanjan Banerjee; Sukyung Chung; Eric C. Wong; Elsie J. Wang; Randall S. Stafford; Latha P. Palaniappan

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Underdiagnosis of hypertension using electronic health records.

January 11, 2012

Banerjee D, Chung S, Wong EC, et al. Am J Hypertens. 2012;25(1):97-102.

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New cases of hypertension were frequently not diagnosed in a large ambulatory health care system, despite universal use of an integrated electronic health record that should have facilitated diagnosis.

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