Technology's implications for health care quality: A clinical engineering perspective

Nursing Administration Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 307-317

  Rosow, Eric ^a   Grimes, Stephen L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

clinical engineering; health care quality; information technology; medical technology; patient safety

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MASS COMMUNICATION; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SAFETY; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0642364903     PISSN: 03639568     EISSN: 15505103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006216-200310000-00008     Document Type: Article

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