Impact of a real-time computerized duplicate alert system on the utilization of computed tomography

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1024-1026

  Wasser, Elliot J ^a,b,c   Prevedello, Luciano M ^a,b,c   Sodickson, Aaron ^a,b,c   Mar, Wenhong ^a   Khorasani, Ramin ^a,b,c  

^a Center for Evidence Based Imaging   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; COST CONTROL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DUPLICATE DECISION SUPPORT ALERT SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84878601754     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.543     Document Type: Article

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