Recommendations for Responsible Monitoring and Regulation of Clinical Software Systems

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 442-457

  Miller, Randolph A ^a,b   Gardner, Reed M ^a  

^a American Medical Informatics Association   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL MEDICINE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; SAFETY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL MEDICINE; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DEVICE APPROVAL; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE VALIDATION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0031279425     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.1997.0040442     Document Type: Article

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