Applications of business analytics in healthcare

Business Horizons

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 571-582

  Ward, Michael J ^a   Marsolo, Keith A ^b   Froehle, Craig M ^b,c,d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytics; Healthcare; Information technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906043454     PISSN: 00076813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bushor.2014.06.003     Document Type: Article

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