Outside the box: Will information technology be a viable intervention to improve the quality of cancer care?

Journal of the National Cancer Institute - Monographs

Volumn , Issue 40, 2010, Pages 81-89

  Hesse, Bradford W ^a   Hanna, Christopher ^b   Massett, Holly A ^a   Hesse, Nicola K ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

^c Franklin Square Hospital Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER THERAPY; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TECHNOLOGY; TERMINAL CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; ECONOMICS; EXPERT SYSTEM; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTIVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GOALS; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 77954707666     PISSN: 10526773     EISSN: 17456614     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1093/jncimonographs/lgq004     Document Type: Article

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