Cost of an informatics-based diabetes management program

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 249-254

  Blanchfield, Bonnie B ^a   Grant, Richard W ^a,b   Estey, Greg A ^a   Chueh, Henry C ^a,b   Gazelle, G Scott ^a,b   Meigs, James B ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs; Disease management; Quality

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MANAGEMENT;

COSTS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DISEASES;

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INSURANCE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REGISTER;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33645759977     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: 14716348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266462306051075     Document Type: Article

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