Organizational Performance and Regulatory Compliance as Measured by Clinical Pertinence Indicators Before and After Implementation of Anesthesia Information Management System (AIMS)

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-6

  Choi, Clark K ^a   Saberito, Darlene ^b   Tyagaraj, Changa ^b   Tyagaraj, Kalpana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia electronic medical record (EMR); Anesthesia Information Management System (AIMS); Clinical Pertinence Indicators (CPI); Regulatory compliance; Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP); The Joint Commission (TJC)

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIA INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; ANESTHESIOLOGY SOFTWARE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICARE; MENTAL HEALTH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAPER MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84891900227     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-013-0005-x     Document Type: Article

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