The introduction of a diagnostic decision support system (DXplain™) into the workflow of a teaching hospital service can decrease the cost of service for diagnostically challenging Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs)

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 772-777

  Elkin, Peter L ^a   Liebow, Mark ^b   Bauer, Brent A ^b   Chaliki, Swarna ^b   Wahner Roedler, Dietlind ^b   Bundrick, John ^b   Lee, Mark ^b   Brown, Steven H ^c,d   Froehling, David ^b   Bailey, Kent ^b   Famiglietti, Kathleen ^e   Kim, Richard ^e   Hoffer, Ed ^e   Feldman, Mitchell ^e   Barnett, G Octo ^e  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Veterans Administration   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical decision support; Expert systems; Medical economics; Medical education

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT; CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS; CONTROL PERIODS; COST OF SERVICE; DIAGNOSTIC DECISIONS; DIAGNOSTIC RELATED GROUPS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HOSPITAL SERVICE; IN-CONTROL; INTERVENTION PERIOD; MEDICAL CENTER; MEDICAL ECONOMICS; TOTAL CHARGE;

COSTS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COST CONTROL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXPERT SYSTEM; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; WORKFLOW;

EID: 78049247075     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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