Using computational modeling to transform nursing data into actionable information

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volumn 36, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 351-361

  Effken, Judith A ^a   Brewer, Barbara B ^a   Patil, Anita ^b   Lamb, Gerri S ^a   Verran, Joyce A ^a   Carley, Kathleen M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actionable information; Computational modeling; Data; Information; Organizational change; Patient outcomes; Patient safety outcomes

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NURSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0345172352     PISSN: 15320464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2003.09.018     Document Type: Article

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