Downtime procedures for a clinical information system: a critical issue

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-50

  Nelson, Nancy C ^a  

^a Intermountain Healthcare   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer availability; Disaster plan; Downtime; Emergency preparedness; Nursing; Patient charting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING; PATIENT INFORMATION;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DOCUMENTATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33947237283     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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