AJPH First Look, published online ahead of print Oct 27, 2005
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 Womens 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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