IT-driven patient safety at the heart of radiology service improvement

Medical Informatics and the Internet in Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-133

  Moores, Michael ^a   Anwyl, David ^b   Connolly, Paul ^a   Anslow, Lynn ^b   Monaghan, Helen ^b   Hughes, David ^a   Ward, Matthew ^a   Charnock, Paul ^a  

^a INTEGRATED RADIOLOGICAL SERVICES LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b ST HELENS AND KNOWSLEY TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Integrated clinical records; Knowledge management; Project management; Systems integration

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 28944450820     PISSN: 14639238     EISSN: 14645246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14639230500299097     Document Type: Conference Paper

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