Anticipating and addressing the unintended consequences of health IT and policy: A report from the AMIA 2009 Health Policy Meeting

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 82-90

  Bloomrosen, Meryl ^a   Starren, Justin ^b   Lorenzi, Nancy M ^c   Ash, Joan S ^d   Patel, Vimla L ^e   Shortliffe, Edward H ^a  

^a AMIA   (United States)

^b MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e University of Texas School of Health Information Sciences at Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT SAFETY;

GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650486143     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.2010.007567     Document Type: Article

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