Mitigating error vulnerability at the transition of care through the use of health IT applications

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3825-3831

  Cortelyou Ward, Kendall ^a   Swain, Ashley ^a   Yeung, Tina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse drug events; Health information technology; Transition of care

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT CARE; RISK REDUCTION;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DRUG TOXICITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PATIENT TRANSFER;

EID: 84867878020     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-012-9855-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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