The influence of EHR components on admission decisions

Health and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-35

  Ben Assuli, Ofir ^a   Shabtai, Itamar ^b   Leshno, Moshe ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b College of Management Academic Studies ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

Admission decision; Electronic health record; Health information exchange; Information components

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; ISRAEL; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84875995160     PISSN: 21907188     EISSN: 21907196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12553-013-0039-6     Document Type: Article

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