The impact of an integrated hospital-community medical information system on quality and service utilization in hospital departments

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 649-657

  Nirel, Nurit ^a   Rosen, Bruce ^a   Sharon, Assaf ^a   Blondheim, Orna ^b   Sherf, Michael ^c   Samuel, Hadar ^a   Cohen, Arnon D ^d  

^a MYERS JDC BROOKDALE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^b HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

Author keywords

Health Information Technology (HIT); Health plans; Health services utilization; Hospitals; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HOSPITALS; MEDICINE; QUALITY CONTROL; SURGERY;

HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES (HIT); HEALTH SERVICES; INNOVATIVE SYSTEMS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL SERVICES; QUALITY INDICATORS; QUALITY OF CARE;

MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77955513531     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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