Improving response to critical laboratory results with automation: Results of a randomized controlled trial

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 512-522

  Kuperman, Gilad J ^a,b   Teich, Jonathan M ^a,b   Tanasijevic, Milenko J ^b   Ma'luf, Nell ^b   Rittenberg, Eve ^b   Jha, Ashish ^b   Fiskio, Julie ^a   Winkelman, James ^b   Bates, David W ^a,b  

^a PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM MONITOR; ALARM MONITORING; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LABORATORY; PATIENT INFORMATION;

EID: 0033382538     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.1999.0060512     Document Type: Article

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