The adoption of electronic medical record technology in order to prevent medical errors: A matter for American public policy

Policy Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-143

  Crane, Jacquelyn N ^a   Crane, Frederick G ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic medical records; Preventable error; Public policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 45749122739     PISSN: 01442872     EISSN: 14701006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01442870802033381     Document Type: Article

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