Status and problems of adverse event reporting systems in Korean hospitals

Healthcare Informatics Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 166-176

  Kim, Jeongeun ^a   Kim, Sukwha ^a   Jung, Yoenyi ^b   Kim, Eun Kyung ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^c Mokpo National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adverse event; Patient safety; Reporting system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878684460     PISSN: 20933681     EISSN: 2093369X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4258/hir.2010.16.3.166     Document Type: Article

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