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Decision-Support Systems in Health Care: Factors Influencing the Development and Transfer of Technology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Taryn Vian ,
Shabira Verjee  and
Richard B. Siegrist Jr.
Taryn Vian
Affiliation:
Management Sciences for Health
Shabira Verjee
Affiliation:
Transitions SystemsInc.
Richard B. Siegrist Jr.
Affiliation:
Private Consultant
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Abstract

National concern about escalating health care costs and inefficiencies in delivery systems has created demand for informatics technology such as decision-support systems. This paper discusses the pressing need for better cost information in health care and how decision-support technology meets this need. Future directions for the technology also are discussed.

Type
Special Section: Industry and the Generation of Technology, Part II
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 9 , Issue 3 , Summer 1993 , pp. 369 - 379
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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