Comparison of a Commercially Available Clinical Information System with Other Methods of Measuring Critical Care Outcomes Data

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 10-15

  Ward, Nicholas S ^a,b   Snyder, John E ^a   Ross, Susan ^a   Haze, Donna ^a   Levy, Mitchell M ^a  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL BILLING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT CODING; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 1942507219     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2004.02.003     Document Type: Article

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