The need for organizational change in patient safety initiatives

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 809-817

  Anderson, James G ^a   Ramanujam, Rangaraj ^a   Hensel, Devon ^b   Anderson, Marilyn M ^c   Sirio, Carl A ^d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Anderson Consulting   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Incident reporting systems; Medical errors; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

INCIDENT REPORTING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL ERRORS; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE;

PATIENT MONITORING;

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; CLINICAL PHARMACY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PHARMACISTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750682305     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2006.05.043     Document Type: Article

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