Electronic health records and national patient-safety goals

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 367, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 1854-1860

  Sittig, Dean F ^a   Singh, Hardeep ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; DRUG MONITORING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84868583646     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsb1205420     Document Type: Article

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