Computerised order entry systems: Sustained impact on laboratory efficiency and mortality rates?

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 136, Issue , 2008, Pages 345-350

  Westbrook, Johanna I ^a   Georgiou, Andrew ^a   Rob, Marilyn I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computer order entry; EMR; Evaluation studies; Laboratories; Mortality; Pathology; Turnaround Time

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; HOSPITALS; LABORATORIES; PATHOLOGY; TURNAROUND TIME; MEDICAL INFORMATICS;

AVERAGE NUMBERS; EVALUATION STUDY; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RATE; ORDER ENTRY; ORDER ENTRY SYSTEM; SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION; TEST ORDERINGS; MOST LIKELY; SYSTEM RATE; WORK PRACTICES;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 44349195559     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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