Do Physicians Need a "Shopping Cart" for Health Care Services?
Published In: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association, v. 307, no. 8, Feb. 2012, Viewpoint, p. 791-792
Posted on RAND.org on February 01, 2012
The technology of the ubiquitous electronic shopping cart could be adapted to help physicians understand the cost of the services they order for patients, and possibly change the mix and total costs of the products in the cart.
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