Transformation of emergency department processes of care with EHR, CPOE, and ER event tracking systems

Health Information Management Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 27-32

  Vartak, Smruti ^a   Crandall, Donald K ^b   Brokel, Jane M ^c   Wakefield, Douglas S ^d,e   Ward, Marcia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b TRINITY HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^d University of Missouri Columbia ^*

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic medical record; Emergency service, hospital; Evaluation; Hospital information systems; Medical order entry systems; Medical records, computerised

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STATISTICS; TIME TO TREATMENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; IOWA; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 67650936086     PISSN: 18333583     EISSN: 18333575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/183335830903800204     Document Type: Review

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