National efforts to improve health information system safety in Canada, the United States of America and England

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Kushniruk, Andre W ^a   Bates, David W ^b   Bainbridge, Michael ^a,c   Househ, Mowafa S ^d   Borycki, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ASE Consulting UK   (United Kingdom)

^d KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Country comparisons; Government policy; Health information systems safety; HIT safety; Patient safety; Technology induced errors

Indexed keywords

COUNTRY COMPARISONS; DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES; HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES (HIT); PATIENT SAFETY; RELEVANT INFORMATIONS; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;

ERRORS; INFORMATION USE; MICROARRAYS; PUBLIC POLICY;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CERTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VENDOR;

CANADA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; ENGLAND; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876963379     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2012.12.006     Document Type: Article

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