Patient safety: Modifying processes to eliminate medical errors

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Chaiken, Barry P ^a   Holmquest, Donald L ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; IATROGENIC DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; SAFETY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RECORD; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE (U.S.); MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038488794     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-6554(03)00097-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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