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

Journal: Applied clinical informatics
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Important barriers to health information exchange (HIE) adoption are clinical workflow disruptions and troubles with the system interface. Prior research suggests that HIE interfaces providing faster access to useful information may stimulate use and reduce barriers for adoption; however, little is known about informational needs of hospitalists.

Authors

  • D A Martinez
    Johns Hopkins University, Emergency Medicine , Baltimore, MD, United States.
  • E Mora
    Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Gestionale, Milan, Italy.
  • M Gemmani
    Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Gestionale, Milan, Italy.
  • J Zayas-Castro
    University of South Florida, Industrial and Management Systems Engineering , Tampa, FL, United States.