Electronic medical records: Unintended consequences of a duplicitous default setting

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1198-1199

  Iqbal, Tariq ^a   Oldfield III, Edward C ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CULTURE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LETTER; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; SEPTICEMIA;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CROSS INFECTION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEPSIS;

EID: 77957880277     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/657073     Document Type: Letter

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