Impact of the Electronic Medical Record on Mortality, Length of Stay, and Cost in the Hospital and ICU: A Systematic Review and Metaanalysis

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1276-1282

  Thompson, Gwen ^a   O'Horo, John C ^a   Pickering, Brian W ^a   Herasevich, Vitaly ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

costs and cost analysis; electronic health records; length of stay; medical informatics; mortality

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COST; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84937564916     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000948     Document Type: Review

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