A review of human factors principles for the design and implementation of medication safety alerts in clinical information systems

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 493-501

  Phansalkar, Shobha ^a,b,c   Edworthy, Judy ^d   Hellier, Elizabeth ^d   Seger, Diane L ^b   Schedlbauer, Angela ^e   Avery, Anthony J ^e   Bates, David W ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG SAFETY; HABITUATION; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN FACTOR PRINCIPLES; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHILOSOPHY; PROCESS DESIGN; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISIBILITY; BIOENGINEERING; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS;

EID: 78149478494     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.2010.005264     Document Type: Review

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