How do clinicians reconcile conditions and medications? The cognitive context of medication reconciliation

Cognition, Technology and Work

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 109-116

  Vashitz, Geva ^a   Nunnally, Mark E ^b   Parmet, Yisrael ^a   Bitan, Yuval ^b   O'Connor, Michael F ^b   Cook, Richard I ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Affinity diagram; Card sorting; Diagnostic reasoning; Medical cognition; Medical expertise; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; SORTING;

AFFINITY DIAGRAM; CARD-SORTING; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; MEDICAL COGNITION; MEDICAL EXPERTISE; PATIENT SAFETY;

DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 84872677080     PISSN: 14355558     EISSN: 14355566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10111-011-0189-0     Document Type: Article

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