An adaptive case management system to support integrated care services: Lessons learned from the NEXES project

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volumn 55, Issue , 2015, Pages 11-22

  Cano, Isaac ^a   Alonso, Albert ^a   Hernandez, Carme ^a   Burgos, Felip ^a   Barberan Garcia, Anael ^a   Roldan, Jim ^b   Roca, Josep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Linkcare Health Services   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptive case management; Coordinated care; Integrated health care systems; Medical internet of things; Personalized care

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; ITERATIVE METHODS; OPEN SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CASE MANAGEMENT; COORDINATED CARE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY; PERSONALIZED CARE; REQUIRED FUNCTIONALITIES; TELEMEDICINE APPLICATION;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADAPTIVE CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHRONIC PATIENT; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; ONLINE SYSTEM; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REHABILITATION; TELEMEDICINE; WELLBEING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; COMPUTER INTERFACE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; INTERNET; MEDICAL RECORD; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

CASE MANAGEMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EUROPE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE DESIGN; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84930690201     PISSN: 15320464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2015.02.011     Document Type: Article

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