Predictive analytics for readmission of patients with congestive heart failure

Information Systems Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 19-39

  Bardhan, Indranil ^a   Oh, Jeong Ha ^b   Zheng, Zhiqiang ^a   Kirksey, Kirk ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Healthcare information technologies; Patient readmissions; Predictive healthcare analytics

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISKS; HOSPITALS; PATIENT MONITORING; POPULATION STATISTICS; STATISTICAL TESTS; TELEMEDICINE;

CARDIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURES; HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES; HEALTHCARE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PATIENT READMISSIONS; PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS; PREDICTIVE HEALTHCARE ANALYTICS; PREDICTIVE PERFORMANCE;

DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 84929150665     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.2014.0553     Document Type: Article

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