Using electronic health record systems to optimize admission decisions: The Creatinine case study

Health Informatics Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 73-88

  Ben Assuli, Ofir ^a,c   Shabtai, Itamar ^b   Leshno, Moshe ^c  

^a ONO ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b College of Management Academic Studies ^*  (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

clinical decision making; databases and data mining; e health; electronic health record; information technology health care evaluation

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

BLOOD; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION;

CREATININE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION;

EID: 84924972999     PISSN: 14604582     EISSN: 17412811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1460458213503646     Document Type: Article

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