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A Requirements Analysis for Information Systems to Support Decision Making in a Managed Care Environment

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Next-generation informationsystems for managed care environments must meet new standardsin the following areas: user interface, external interfaces,data storage and retrieval, and data analysis. Further, the requirementsthat will serve as the blue print for their construction mustbe grounded in new ways of looking at the process of patientcare.

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    Jerome H. Carter MD, FACP

  2. Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Alabama, Birmingham

    Warren T. Jones Ph.D.

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Carter, J.H., Jones, W.T. A Requirements Analysis for Information Systems to Support Decision Making in a Managed Care Environment. Journal of Systems Integration 10, 67–79 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026511418535

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