The impact of automation of systems on medical errors: Evidence from field research

Information Systems Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 429-446

  Aron, Ravi ^a   Dutta, Shantanu ^b   Janakiraman, Ramkumar ^c   Pathak, Praveen A ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Automation; Hospital information systems; Hospital performance; Information technology; Medical errors; Procedural errors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865070830     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1110.0350     Document Type: Article

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