The state of the art in the reduction of medical errors

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 121, Issue , 2006, Pages 126-137

  Kopec, Danny ^a,b   Tamang, Suzanne ^a   Levy, Karen ^b   Eckhardt, Ronald ^a,b   Shagas, Gene ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

error reporting sytems; expert systems; Medical error; systems analysis

Indexed keywords

EXPERT SYSTEMS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

CLINICAL INFORMATION; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; ELECTRONIC REPOSITORIES; ERROR REPORTING SYSTEMS; HEALTH PROFESSIONALS; HEALTH SYSTEMS; MEDICAL ERRORS; STATE OF THE ART;

ERRORS;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EXPERT SYSTEM; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MEDICAL ERROR; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

CLASSIFICATION; EXPERT SYSTEMS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE (U.S.); KNOWLEDGE BASES; MEDICAL ERRORS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39049191017     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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