Functional safety of health information technology

Health Informatics Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-49

  Chadwick, Liam ^a   Fallon, Enda F ^a   Van Der Putten, Wil J ^a   Kirrane, Frank ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

functional safety; health information technology; healthcare standards; safety integrity levels; safety related systems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; SAFETY; STANDARD;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84859072861     PISSN: 14604582     EISSN: 17412811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1460458211432587     Document Type: Article

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