A concept for a visual computer interface to make error taxonomies useful at the point of primary care

Informatics in Primary Care

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 221-229

  Singh, Ranjit ^a   Pace, Wilson ^b   Singh, Sonjoy ^c   Singh, Ashok ^c   Singh, Gurdev ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Niagara Family Medicine Associates   (United States)

^d Clinical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Errors; Taxonomy; Visualisation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; TAXONOMY;

COMPUTERS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 39149086115     PISSN: 14760320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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