Format change of a laboratory test order form affects physician behavior

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 639-644

  Shalev, Varda ^a,b   Chodick, Gabriel ^a,b   Heymann, Anthony D ^a,b  

^a MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Computerized medical record; Laboratory tests; Physician behavior

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL GUIDELINE; COMPUTERIZED MEDICAL RECORD; COMPUTERIZED MEDICAL RECORDS; FIRST YEAR; FORMAT CHANGE; HEALTHCARE SERVICES; LABORATORY TEST; LABORATORY TESTING; LABORATORY TESTS; ORDER FORMS; PHYSICIAN BEHAVIOR; PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTHCARE;

HEALTH CARE; LABORATORIES;

TESTING;

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH SERVICE; INTERVENTION STUDY; JOB PERFORMANCE; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL ORDER; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

DOCUMENTATION; ISRAEL; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 68749084548     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2009.04.011     Document Type: Article

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