Clinical decision support for imaging in the era of the patient protection and affordable care act

JACR Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Zafar, Hanna M ^a   Mills, Angela M ^a   Khorasani, Ramin ^b   Langlotz, Curtis P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical decision support; computerized patient order entry system; electronic health records; information technology; meaningful use

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL CARE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICARE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84926232075     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2012.09.014     Document Type: Article

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