Connected care: Reducing errors through automated vital signs data upload

CIN - Computers Informatics Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 318-323

  Smith, Laura B ^a,d   Banner, Laura ^b   Lozano, Diego ^a   Olney, Christine M ^c   Friedman, Bruce ^a  

^a GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b Clinical Informatics Department   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCUMENTATION; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RECORD; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; VITAL SIGN;

COMMUNICATION; DOCUMENTATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; VITAL SIGNS;

EID: 70349093575     PISSN: 15382931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCN.0b013e3181b21d65     Document Type: Article

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