Use of HIT for adverse event reporting in nursing homes: Barriers and facilitators

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 112-115

  Wagner, Laura M ^a   Castle, Nicholas G ^b   Handler, Steven M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; Event reporting; Health information technology; Nursing homes; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875655430     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: 15283984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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