Structured physician order entry for trauma CT: value in improving clinical information transfer and billing efficiency

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 203, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1242-1248

  Wortman, Jeremy R ^a   Goud, Asha ^a,b   Raja, Ali S ^b   Marchello, Dana ^a   Sodickson, Aaron ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical history; CT; Emergency radiology; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PELVIS INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REIMBURSEMENT; SPINE SCINTISCANNING; STRUCTURED PHYSICIAN ORDER ENTRY SYSTEM; THORAX SCINTISCANNING; ACCOUNTING; ECONOMICS; FEE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

BOSTON; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CREDIT AND COLLECTION; PREVALENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84925229558     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.13.12353     Document Type: Article

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