Computerization can create safety hazards: A bar-coding near miss

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 510-516

  McDonald, Clement J ^a  

^a REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DIABETIC PATIENT; DOCUMENTATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGED; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MEDICATION ERROR; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MEDICATION ERRORS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645836691     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-144-7-200604040-00010     Document Type: Article

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