Barriers to the Operation of Patient Safety Incident Reporting Systems in Korean General Hospitals

Healthcare Informatics Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 279-286

  Hwang, Jee In ^a   Lee, Sang IL ^b   Park, Hyeoun Ae ^c  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Patient Safety; Risk Management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878766341     PISSN: 20933681     EISSN: 2093369X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4258/hir.2012.18.4.279     Document Type: Article

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