Accuracy of Data in Computer-based Patient Records

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 342-355

  Hogan, William R ^a,b   Wagner, Michael M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Center for Biomedical Informatics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031230270     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.1997.0040342     Document Type: Review

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