Where do technology-induced errors come from? Towards a model for conceptualizing and diagnosing errors caused by technology

Human, Social, and Organizational Aspects of Health Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 148-166

  Borycki, Elizabeth M ^a   Kushniruk, Andre W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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EID: 84858742364     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-792-8.ch009     Document Type: Chapter

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