Making the business case for hospital information systems - A kaiser permanente investment decision

Journal of Health Care Finance

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 16-25

  Garrido, Terhilda ^a   Raymond, Brian ^a   Jamieson, Laura ^a   Liang, Louise ^a   Wiesenthal, Andrew ^b  

^a Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc   (United States)

^b Clinical Information Support   (United States)

Author keywords

Business case; Clinical information system; Electronic medical record; Hospital information system; Kaiser Permanente; Return on investment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCOME; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL ERROR; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CAPITAL EXPENDITURES; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INCOME; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL ERRORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18744376866     PISSN: 10786767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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