title: Building a decision-support system.
abstract: To make decisions in today's dynamic health care environment, hospital managers rely on accurate and timely information--much of it compiled from hospital discharge data. For hospitals, the problem is not the lack of data but the inability to convert it to information useful to hospital management. This article describes how to build a cost-effective decision-support system that can transform HMRI (Hospital Medical Records Institute) data into a powerful management tool.
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authors: B
authors: Louie
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authors: Reid
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D002391:Catchment Area, Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003625:Data Collection; D016208:Databases, Factual; D003660:Decision Support Systems, Management; D003710:Demography; D006752:Hospital Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007902:Length of Stay; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017062:Small-Area Analysis; D014600:Utilization Review / Q000706:statistics & numerical data