Paper Info
Title
Demonstrating Value-Added Utilization of Existing Databases for Organizational Decision-Support
Abstract
Managers of healthcare organizations are increasingly aware that the potential of medical information systems exceeds mere support of routine administrative and clinical transaction processing. This article describes a case study about Maccabi Health Services, the second largest health maintenance organization in Israel and the first one to computerize clinical records resulting from routine transactions in doctors' offices, laboratories, and pharmacies. In this case about decision-making support practices, recycling the content of existing databases made it possible to discover patterns of sub-optimal treatment without having to invest time and money in additional data-collection procedures. The case study thus demonstrates value-added utilization of patient data, beyond uses intended at the beginning, for effectively supporting the implementation and evaluation of disease-management programs. Lessons learned about organizational benefits reaped from the organization's decision-support practices include implications for such initiatives as data warehousing, data mining, and online analytical processing.
Year
DOI
Venue
2002
10.4018/irmj.2002100101
IRMJ
Keywords
Field
DocType
data mining,data warehousing,decision-making support practice,healthcare organization,case study,patient data,organizational decision-support,largest health maintenance organization,clinical record,clinical transaction processing,existing databases,value-added utilization,mere support,decision support,value added,healthcare,medical,health
Data warehouse,Health care,Information system,Transaction processing,Decision support system,Knowledge management,Pharmacy,Engineering,Health services,Online analytical processing,Database,Management science
Journal
Volume
Issue
Citations 
15
4
3
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.50
4
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Nurit L. Friedman130.84
Nava Pliskin239951.92