Unintended errors with EHR-based result management: A case series

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 104-107

  Yackel, Thomas R ^a   Embi, Peter J ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FOLLOW UP; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; RELIABILITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AMBULATORY CARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS; CLINICAL LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL ERRORS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; QUALITY CONTROL; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950502636     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M3294     Document Type: Article

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