Navigating the information technology highway: Computer solutions to reduce errors and enhance patient safety

Transfusion

Volumn 45, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2005, Pages

  Koshy, Ranie ^a,b,c  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b American Association of Blood Banks   (United States)

^c University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ALGORITHM; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICATION ERROR; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SAFETY; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; WORKLOAD; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COST; DERMATOGLYPHICS; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCRIPTION; SAFETY; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ACCREDITATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DERMATOGLYPHICS; FORECASTING; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 27244458243     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2005.00619.x     Document Type: Review

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