Minimizing electronic health record patient-note mismatches

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 511-514

  Wilcox, Adam B ^a   Chen, Yueh Hsia ^a   Hripcsak, George ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT NOTE MISMATCH; RISK REDUCTION;

DOCUMENTATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED STATES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 79959646128     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2010-000068     Document Type: Article

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