Is there a link between the hospital-acquired injurious fall rates in us acute care hospitals and these institutions' implementation levels of computerized systems?

CIN - Computers Informatics Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 721-729

  Tzeng, Huey Ming ^a   Hu, Hsou Mei ^b   Yin, Chang Yi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FLINT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

^c CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Accidental fall; Clinical decision support systems; Electronic health records; Hospitals; Inpatients; Quality of healthcare; Safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FALLING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; CALIFORNIA; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; FLORIDA; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; NEW YORK; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84655163760     PISSN: 15382931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCN.0b013e31822b8672     Document Type: Article

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