When 'technically preventable' alerts occur, the design-not the prescriber-has failed

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1119-

  Russ, Alissa L ^a,b,c,d   Weiner, Michael ^a,b,c   Saleem, Jason J ^a,b,c   Wears, Robert L ^e,f  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

COGNITION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LETTER; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCRIPTION;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREGNANCY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84867661865     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2012-001193     Document Type: Letter

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