Mining complex clinical data for patient safety research: A framework for event discovery

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 120-130

  Hripcsak, George ^a   Bakken, Suzanne ^a   Stetson, Peter D ^a   Patel, Vimla L ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; DATA BASE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ERROR; HUMAN; INFORMATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY;

EID: 0141596118     PISSN: 15320464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2003.08.001     Document Type: Review

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