title: Market model addresses hospitals' need for decision support.
abstract: A Decision Support System should be approached, not as "starting over," but as a natural extension of the design and development of a hospital's current HIS. Integrated, real-time HISs generate reams of information that, when combined with relevant external data, provide the essential information base for a hospital DDS. The Travenol Market Model is discussed as an example of a DSS specific to hospital needs.
mesh_terms: D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006752:Hospital Planning / Q000379:methods*; D007256:Information Systems; D008331:Management Information Systems; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D012984:Software; D014481:United States