Improving safety with information technology

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 348, Issue 25, 2003, Pages 2526-2534

  Bates, David W ^a,b,c   Gawande, Atul A ^a,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG CROSS REACTIVITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAFETY; SIDE EFFECT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MEDICATION ERRORS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0037495031     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa020847     Document Type: Review

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