Unintended consequences of health information technology: A need for biomedical informatics

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 828-830

  Bernstam, Elmer V ^a   Hersh, William R ^b   Sim, Ida ^c   Eichmann, David ^d   Silverstein, Jonathan C ^e   Smith, Jack W ^a   Becich, Michael J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICINE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CENTER; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 77956264925     PISSN: 15320464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2009.05.009     Document Type: Note

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