Advancing information technology in health care

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 118-121

  Thompson, Steven M ^a   Dean, Matthew D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCILLARY SERVICE; COST SAVING; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS; HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS; HEALTH INFORMATIONS; HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS; INFORMATION NETWORKS; LONG-TERM INVESTMENT; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF CARE; SAFETY NETWORK;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INVESTMENTS; MEDICAL COMPUTING;

HEALTH;

EID: 67449106008     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 15577317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1516046.1516077     Document Type: Article

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