Detecting unapproved abbreviations in the electronic medical record

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Capraro, Andrew ^a,b   Stack, Anne ^b,c   Harper, Marvin B ^b   Kimia, Amir ^b,c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Childrens Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; NOMENCLATURE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84859070804     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(12)38023-9     Document Type: Article

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