Recording of adverse events in English general practice: Analysis of data from electronic patient records

Informatics in Primary Care

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-124

  Tsang, Carmen ^a   Majeed, Azeem ^b   Banarsee, Ricky ^b   Gnani, Shamini ^b   Aylin, Paul ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Primary Care and Public Health ^*

Author keywords

Computerised; Iatrogenic disease; Medical errors; Medical records systems; Primary health care; Safety management

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG TOXICITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRODUCT SURVEILLANCE, POSTMARKETING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATE MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78449313431     PISSN: 14760320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14236/jhi.v18i2.761     Document Type: Article

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