The financial impact of health information exchange on emergency department care

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 328-333

  Frisse, Mark E ^a,b   Johnson, Kevin B ^a   Nian, Hui ^a   Davison, Coda L ^a   Gadd, Cynthia S ^a   Unertl, Kim M ^a   Turri, Pat A ^c   Chen, Qingxia ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Tennessee Hospital Association   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FINANCIAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEB BROWSER;

ADULT; COST SAVINGS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; TENNESSEE; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84861339907     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000394     Document Type: Article

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