A simulation framework for mapping risks in clinical processes: The case of in-patient transfers

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 259-266

  Dunn, Adam G ^a   Ong, Mei Sing ^a   Westbrook, Johanna I ^a   Magrabi, Farah ^a   Coiera, Enrico ^a   Wobcke, Wayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IN PATIENT TRANSFER; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICIAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; WORKFLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; NEW SOUTH WALES; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; PATIENT TRANSFER; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; WORKFLOW;

EID: 79958248023     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2010-000075     Document Type: Article

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