A Randomized Trial of "Corollary Orders" to Prevent Errors of Omission

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 364-375

  Overhage, J Marc ^a,c   Tierney, William M ^a,b,c   Zhou, Xiao Hua ^a,c   McDonald, Clement J ^a,c  

^a REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMINDER SYSTEM;

DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; REMINDER SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031228345     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.1997.0040364     Document Type: Article

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