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AJPH First Look, published online ahead of print Oct 27, 2005
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Information Technology as a Tool to Improve the Quality of American Indian Health Care

Thomas D. Sequist, MD, MPH, Theresa Cullen, MD, MS and John Z. Ayanian, MD, MPP

Thomas D. Sequist and John Z. Ayanian are with the Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, and the Division of General Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Mass. Theresa Cullen is with the Office of Information Technology, Indian Health Service, Tucson, Ariz.



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  		FIGURE 1—— Information systems within the Indian Health Service.

Note. RPMS = Resource and Patient Management System.

 


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  		FIGURE 2—— Example of a current quality measurement and improvement project within the Indian Health Service.

Note. RPMS = Resource and Patient Management System; CPT = Current Procedure Terminology.

 




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