Monitoring clinical performance: The role of software architecture

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 197-203

  Rees, Mike ^a   Dineschandra, Jitesh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Dendrite Clinical Systems   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cach database; Clinical performance monitoring; Funnel plot; Usability; Variable risk adjusted display

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PILOT STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DATA DISPLAY; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SOFTWARE DESIGN; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 23944518312     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-005-2010-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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