Automated documentation error detection and notification improves anesthesia billing performance

Anesthesiology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 157-163

  Spring, Stephen F ^a   Sandberg, Warren S ^a,b   Anupama, Shaji ^a   Walsh, John L ^a,b   Driscoll, William D ^a   Raines, Douglas E ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; E-MAIL; ERROR; HOSPITAL BILLING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL STAFF; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANESTHESIA; DOCUMENTATION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33845941592     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200701000-00025     Document Type: Article

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