Information overload and missed test results in electronic health record-based settings

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 702-704

  Singh, Hardeep ^a,b   Spitzmueller, Christiane ^c   Petersen, Nancy J ^a,b   Sawhney, Mona K ^a,b   Sittig, Dean F ^d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LETTER; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84876791162     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/2013.jamainternmed.61     Document Type: Letter

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