An assessment of patient safety in acupuncture process under EMR support

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1447-1453

  Li, Yi Chang ^a   Hung, Ming Chien ^b   Hsiao, Shih Jung ^c   Tsai, Kuen Daw ^d   Chang, Mei Man ^d  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NANHUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Electronic medical records (EMR); Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; DOCUMENTATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; STANDARD; TAIWAN; WORKFLOW;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TAIWAN; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84856212863     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-009-9421-3     Document Type: Article

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