Effect of computerized order entry with integrated decision support on the growth of outpatient procedure volumes: Seven-year time series analysis

Radiology

Volumn 251, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 147-155

  Sistrom, Christopher L ^a   Dang, Pragya A ^b   Weilburg, Jeffrey B ^b   Dreyer, Keith J ^b   Rosenthal, Daniel I ^b   Thrall, James H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; RADIOLOGY ORDER ENTRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; OUTPATIENTS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 64949091695     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2511081174     Document Type: Article

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