A roadmap for designing a personalized search tool for individual healthcare providers

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Luo, Gang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Individual healthcare provider effect; Personalized search for individual healthcare providers; Predicting care quality measures; Predicting healthcare cost; Predicting patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ALLERGY; APPENDICITIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST FEEDING; BREATHING RATE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CODING; COLON CANCER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONSUMER; COUNSELING; CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA BASE; DATA MINING; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVING; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EDUCATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; EXPECTATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH INSURANCE ELIGIBILITY; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING AID; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ICD-9-CM; IMMIGRATION; IMMUNIZATION; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; LANGUAGE; LIFESTYLE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LYMPHOMA; MACHINE LEARNING; MEDICAID; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEIGHBORHOOD; NORMAL VALUE; NUTRITION; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PULSE RATE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SEATBELT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUAL PRACTICE; SLEEP; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SPIROMETRY; STRESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TERMINAL CARE; THYROID DISEASE; TOBACCO USE; TOOL USE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VISION; VITAL SIGN; WALKING; WORKLOAD; ALGORITHM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; PROCEDURES; SEARCH ENGINE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE FACTORS; ALGORITHMS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEARCH ENGINE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84891896103     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-014-0006-4     Document Type: Article

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