Institutional decision-making to select patient care devices: Identifying venues to promote patient safety

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 31-44

  Keselman, Alla ^a   Patel, Vimla L ^a   Johnson, Todd R ^b   Zhang, Jiajie ^b  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Human factors design; Institutional decision making; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0141682553     PISSN: 15320464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1532-0464(03)00055-8     Document Type: Article

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