Institutional Decision-Making for Medical Device Purchasing: Evaluating Patient Safety

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 107, Issue , 2004, Pages 1357-1361

  Keselman, Alia ^a   Tang, Xiaozhou ^b   Patel, Vimla L ^a   Johnson, Todd R ^b   Zhang, Jiajie ^b  

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

^b University of Texas School of Health Information Sciences at Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Human factors design; Institutional decision making; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

DECISION-MAKING PROCESS; DECISIONS MAKINGS; DEVICE SELECTION; HUMAN FACTOR DESIGN; HUMAN USE; INSTITUTIONAL DECISION-MAKING; MEDICAL DEVICES; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS;

DECISION MAKING;

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL ERROR; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY;

COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS; INTERVIEWS; MEDICAL ERRORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 21644459617     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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