The role of informatics and decision support in utilization management

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 427, Issue , 2014, Pages 196-201

  Baron, Jason M ^a   Dighe, Anand S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytics; Clinical decision support; Laboratory utilization; Provider order entry

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE BASE; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; UTILIZATION;

CLINICAL LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; CLINICAL LABORATORY SERVICES; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; HUMANS;

EID: 84888859418     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2013.09.027     Document Type: Review

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