Uncovering Hospitalists’ Information Needs from Outside Healthcare Facilities in the Context of Health Information Exchange Using Association Rule Learning

D.A. Martinez; E. Mora; M. Gemmani; J. Zayas-Castro

doi:10.4338/ACI-2015-06-RA-0068

Applied Clinical Informatics, Table of Contents

Appl Clin Inform 2015; 06(04): 684-697
DOI: 10.4338/ACI-2015-06-RA-0068

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Uncovering Hospitalists’ Information Needs from Outside Healthcare Facilities in the Context of Health Information Exchange Using Association Rule Learning

D.A. Martinez

¹Johns Hopkins University, Emergency Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States

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E. Mora

²Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Gestionale, Milan, Italy

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M. Gemmani

²Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Gestionale, Milan, Italy

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J. Zayas-Castro

³University of South Florida, Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, Tampa, FL, United States

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Health information exchange - medical record linkage - medical decision making - patient handoff - medical informatics applications

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