Improving clinical pathway design: Lessons learned from a computerised prototype

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-11

  Chu, Stephen ^a   Cesnik, Branko ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical pathways; Clinical protocols; Critical path method; Decision support; Patient care modelling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; HOSPITALS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CLINICAL PATHWAYS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CRITICAL PATH METHOD; PATIENT CARE DELIVERY;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COMPUTER MODEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; PAIN; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032122240     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-5056(98)00003-3     Document Type: Article

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