Anesthesia information management system implementation: A practical guide

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1598-1608

  Muravchick, Stanley ^a,i   Caldwell, James E ^b   Epstein, Richard H ^c   Galati, Maria ^d   Levy, Warren J ^a   O'Reilly, Michael ^e   Plagenhoef, Jeffrey S ^f   Rehman, Mohamed ^g   Reich, David L ^d   Vigoda, Michael M ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f Southeast Alabama Medical Center   (United States)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; BILLING AND CLAIMS; CODING; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRACT; COST; DATA BASE; EVALUATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LEADERSHIP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRAINING; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; AUTOMATION; HUMANS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL RECORDS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE;

EID: 56149126210     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e318187bc8f     Document Type: Article

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