Matching identifiers in electronic health records: Implications for duplicate records and patient safety

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 219-224

  McCoy, Allison B ^a   Wright, Adam ^b   Kahn, Michael G ^c   Shapiro, Jason S ^d   Bernstam, Elmer Victor ^a,e   Sittig, Dean F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT SAFETY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

DATA COLLECTION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; NAMES; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 84874742489     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001419     Document Type: Article

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