Design and implementation of a comprehensive outpatient Results Manager

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 80-91

  Poon, Eric G ^a,b   Wang, Samuel J ^b   Gandhi, Tejal K ^a   Bates, David W ^a,b   Kuperman, Gilad J ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Clinical Informatics Research and Development   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical decision support; Event monitor; Patient safety; Results management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

EID: 0141459502     PISSN: 15320464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1532-0464(03)00061-3     Document Type: Article

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