Using no-show modeling to improve clinic performance

Health Informatics Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 246-259

  Daggy, Joanne ^a   Lawley, Mark ^a   Willis, Deanna ^b   Thayer, Debra ^c   Suelzer, Christopher ^c   Delaurentis, Po Ching ^a   Turkcan, Ayten ^a   Chakraborty, Santanu ^a   Sands, Laura ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RICHARD L ROUDEBUSH VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

missed appointments; no shows; patient scheduling; predictive models

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; OFFICE VISITS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78651345763     PISSN: 14604582     EISSN: 17412811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1460458210380521     Document Type: Article

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