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Analysis of Healthcare Interventions That Change Patient Trajectories

by Rand Corporation.

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Examines interventions in the healthcare system that use Electronic Medical Record Systems (EMR-S) to affect patient trajectories--i.e., the sequence of encounters a patient has with the healthcare system--by improving health and thereby reducing healthcare utilization, or by reducing a costly form of utilization (e.g., inpatient stays) and increasing a more economical form (e.g., office visits to physicians, or prescription medications).

Health maintenance organization patientsMedical Informatics ApplicationsCost-Benefit AnalysisBiomedical Technology AssessmentHealth maintenance organizationsMedical informaticsCost effectivenessTechnology assessment