An ontology-based nurse call management system (oNCS) with probabilistic priority assessment

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ongenae, Femke ^a   Myny, Dries ^b   Dhaene, Tom ^a   Defloor, Tom ^a   Van Goubergen, Dirk ^a   Verhoeve, Piet ^c   Decruyenaere, Johan ^b   De Turck, Filip ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c Televic Healthcare   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; NURSING CARE; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; HOSPITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NURSING CARE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENTS' ROOMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79551606983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-26     Document Type: Article

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