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How to implement a managed care information system. A primer. 1995

J Sestric, and A Daniels

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008329	Managed Care Programs	Health insurance plans intended to reduce unnecessary health care costs through a variety of mechanisms, including: economic incentives for physicians and patients to select less costly forms of care; programs for reviewing the medical necessity of specific services; increased beneficiary cost sharing; controls on inpatient admissions and lengths of stay; the establishment of cost-sharing incentives for outpatient surgery; selective contracting with health care providers; and the intensive management of high-cost health care cases. The programs may be provided in a variety of settings, such as HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS and PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS.	Case Management, Insurance,Insurance Case Management,Managed Health Care Insurance Plans,Managed Care,Care, Managed,Managed Care Program,Management, Insurance Case,Program, Managed Care,Programs, Managed Care
D008331	Management Information Systems	Systems designed to provide information primarily concerned with the administrative functions associated with the provision and utilization of services; also includes program planning, etc.	Information System, Management,Information Systems, Management,Management Information System,System, Management Information,Systems, Management Information
D009816	Office Automation	Use of computers or computer systems for doing routine clerical work, e.g., billing, records pertaining to the administration of the office, etc.	Automation, Office,Automations, Office,Office Automations
D003142	Communication	The exchange or transmission of ideas, attitudes, or beliefs between individuals or groups.	Miscommunication,Misinformation,Social Communication,Communication Programs,Communications Personnel,Personal Communication,Communication Program,Communication, Personal,Communication, Social,Communications, Social,Miscommunications,Misinformations,Personnel, Communications,Program, Communication,Programs, Communication,Social Communications
D003164	Competitive Bidding	Pricing statements presented by more than one party for the purpose of securing a contract.	Contract Bidding,Request for Proposal,Bidding, Competitive,Bidding, Contract,Biddings, Competitive,Biddings, Contract,Competitive Biddings,Contract Biddings,Proposal, Request for,Proposals, Request for,Request for Proposals
D013597	Systems Analysis	The analysis of an activity, procedure, method, technique, or business to determine what must be accomplished and how the necessary operations may best be accomplished.	Agent-Based Modeling,Analysis, Systems,Complexity Analysis,System Dynamics Analysis,Systems Approach,Systems Medicine,Systems Oriented Approach,Systems Thinking,Agent Based Modeling,Agent-Based Modelings,Analyses, Complexity,Analyses, System Dynamics,Analyses, Systems,Analysis, Complexity,Analysis, System Dynamics,Approach, Systems,Approach, Systems Oriented,Approachs, Systems,Approachs, Systems Oriented,Complexity Analyses,Dynamics Analyses, System,Dynamics Analysis, System,Medicine, Systems,Medicines, Systems,Modeling, Agent-Based,Modelings, Agent-Based,System Dynamics Analyses,Systems Analyses,Systems Approachs,Systems Medicines,Systems Oriented Approachs,Systems Thinkings,Thinking, Systems,Thinkings, Systems