The impact of structured laboratory routines in computerized medical records in a primary care service setting

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 619-626

  Vardy, Daniel A ^a,b   Simon, Tzachit ^b   Limoni, Yehuda ^a   Kuperman, Oded ^a   Rabzon, Ira ^a   Cohen, Arnon ^a,b   Cohen, Leah ^a   Shvartzman, Pesach ^a,b  

^a CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Computerized medical record; Laboratory tests; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 24044545588     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-005-6130-4     Document Type: Article

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