Creating safety in primary care practice with electronic medical records requires the consideration of system dynamics

Journal of Healthcare Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-96

  McEwen, Timothy R ^a   Elder, Nancy C ^b   Flach, John M ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomation; Ecological interface design; Electronic medical records; Essential friction; Healthcare quality; Safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864050444     PISSN: 20402295     EISSN: 20402309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/2040-2295.2.1.87     Document Type: Article

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