Process mining in healthcare: A literature review

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volumn 61, Issue , 2016, Pages 224-236

  Rojas, Eric ^a   Munoz Gama, Jorge ^a   Sepúlveda, Marcos ^a   Capurro, Daniel ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Case studies; Healthcare; Literature review; Process mining; Processes

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; PROCESSING;

ANALYSIS STRATEGIES; CASE-STUDIES; CORPORATE INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTHCARE DOMAINS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; PROCESS MINING;

DATA MINING;

ALGORITHM; CASE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DATA MINING; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MINING; PROCESS MODEL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE;

ALGORITHMS; DATA MINING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE;

EID: 84964506114     PISSN: 15320464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2016.04.007     Document Type: Review

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