Patient safety, resilience and ICT. A reason for concern?

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 157, Issue , 2010, Pages 199-205

  Skorve, Espen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Hospital information systems; patient safety; resilience; the law of requisite variety

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; INFORMATION USE; MEDICAL COMPUTING;

HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL CHARTS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY; RESILIENCE; THE LAW OF REQUISITE VARIETY;

MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 77954507313     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-569-3-199     Document Type: Conference Paper

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