Technological resources and personnel costs required to implement an automated alert system for ambulatory physicians when patients are discharged from hospitals to home

Informatics in Primary Care

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 87-93

  Field, Terry S ^a,b   Garber, Lawrence ^b,c   Gagne, Shawn J ^b   Tjia, Jennifer ^a,b   Preusse, Peggy ^b,d   Donovan, Jennifer L ^b,e   Kanaan, Abir O ^a,b   Gurwitz, Jerry H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Reliant Medical Group Inc   (United States)

^d Reliant Medical Group Research Department   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Health information technology; Hospital discharges

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; STANDARD;

AMBULATORY CARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PATIENT DISCHARGE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877829940     PISSN: 14760320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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