The value of information for decision-making in the healthcare environment

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 127, Issue , 2007, Pages 91-97

  Shabtai, Itamar ^a   Leshno, Moshe ^b   Blondheim, Orna ^c   Kornbluth, Jonathan ^d  

^a College of Management Academic Studies ^*  (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Clalit Healthcare Services HMO   (Israel)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Medical Decision Making; Medical Informatics; Patient Record Access; Value of Information

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; EFFICIENCY; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION USE; INVESTMENTS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; MEDICINE;

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENTS; INFORMATION RESOURCE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT RECORD; RETURN-ON-INVESTMENT ANALYSIS; VALUE OF INFORMATION;

MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PILOT STUDY;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; ISRAEL; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 35549011366     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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