Appropriateness and imaging utilization: "Computerized provider order entry and decision support"

Academic Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1083-1087

  Thrall, James H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Appropriateness criteria; Computerized physician order entry (CPOE); Utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOLOGY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIOLOGY;

EID: 84905449734     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: 18784046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2014.02.019     Document Type: Article

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