Technology Implementation and Workarounds in the Nursing Home

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 114-119

  Vogelsmeier, Amy A ^a   Halbesleben, Jonathon R B ^b   Scott Cawiezell, Jill R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NURSING HOME; PATIENT SAFETY; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TECHNOLOGY;

HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

EID: 36749018468     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2378     Document Type: Article

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