Automatic detection and notification of "Wrong patient - Wrong location" errors in the operating room

Surgical Innovation

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 253-260

  Sandberg, Warren S ^a   Häkkinen, Matti ^b   Egan, Marie ^a   Curran, Paige K ^a   Fairbrother, Pamela ^a   Choquette, Ken ^c   Daily, Bethany ^a   Sarkka, Jukka Pekka ^b   Rattner, David ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b General Electric Medical Systems Information Technology   (United States)

^c Radianse Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated patient location system; Hospital process monitoring; Radio frequency identification tracking; Wrong operating room events

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; INFORMATION SYSTEM; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; SURGICAL ERROR; TECHNOLOGY;

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERDEPARTMENTAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 27744600397     PISSN: 15533506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155335060501200312     Document Type: Article

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