Clinical Governance and Laboratory Medicine: Is the Electronic Medical Record our best friend or sworn enemy?

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 712-718

  Shaw, Nicola T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical Governance; Electronic Health Record; Electronic Medical Record

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRONICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CLINICAL LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33744791468     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14346621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2006.124     Document Type: Conference Paper

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