Using information technology to improve the quality and safety of emergency care

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Handel, Daniel A ^a   Wears, Robert L ^b,c   Nathanson, Larry A ^d   Pines, Jesse M ^e  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL BILLING; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; WORKFLOW;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959324339     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01070.x     Document Type: Article

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