Background Many medical organizations have invested heavily in electronic health record
(EHR) and health information exchange (HIE) information systems (IS) to improve medical …

It is widely believed that Electronic Health Records (EHR) improve medical decision-making
by enabling medical staff to access medical information stored in the system. It remains …

We examine the information acquisition process regarding a patient's status under
emergency department (ED) congestion conditions. We focus on two key information …

With the advantages of being easy to understand and efficient to compute, the decision tree
method has long been one of the most popular classifiers. Decision trees constructed with …

ABSTRACT Electronic Medical Records (EMR) studies have broadly tested EMR use and
outcomes, producing mixed and inconclusive results. This study carefully considers the …

Decision‐makers in emergency settings need to employ the breadth of evidence available
so as to inform critical judgments, yet the acute time pressure suggests that in some cases …

Background Big data analytics are becoming more prevalent due to the recent availability of
health data. Yet in spite of evidence supporting the potential contribution of big data …

The issue of effectiveness in healthcare plays a role in international debates. The search for
adequate tools allowing management to evaluate the correct allocation of resources …

Diagnostic complexity is an important contextual factor affecting a variety of medical
outcomes. Existing measurements of diagnosis complexity either rely on crude proxies or …

Resources for health care interventions, such as tests and treatments, are limited. This
makes it necessary to prioritize patient segments (defined in terms of their risk) by allocating …