Medical automation - A technologically enhanced work environment to reduce the burden of care on nursing staff and a solution to the health care cost crisis

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Felder, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANALYTICAL ERROR; AUTOMATION; BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; ELECTRONICS; ERROR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGING; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; ROBOTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TELEMETRY; UNITED STATES; AGED; COST CONTROL; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POPULATION GROWTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STATISTICS; TELEMEDICINE; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

AGED; AUTOMATION; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; COST CONTROL; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; NURSING STAFF; POPULATION GROWTH; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0038826806     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-6554(03)00102-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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