Clinical information system and quality of care in intensive care medicine: State of the art

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 521-523

  Pietropaoli, P ^a   Donati, A ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICATION ERROR; PAPER; PRESCRIPTION; RISK REDUCTION;

HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTENSIVE CARE;

EID: 4344662580     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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