Information technology cannot guarantee patient safety

British Medical Journal

Volumn 334, Issue 7598, 2007, Pages 851-852

  De Wildt, Saskia N ^a,d   Verzijden, Ron ^b   Van Den Anker, John N ^c   De Hoog, Matthijs ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b Ron Verzijden Management Consultants   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ATROPINE; BICARBONATE; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; NORADRENALIN; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOSE CALCULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTENSIVE CARE; MENINGOCOCCEMIA; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DRUG THERAPY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MICROCOMPUTER; REVIEW; SAFETY; STANDARD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DOBUTAMINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; INFANT; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34247626265     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39104.625903.80     Document Type: Article

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