The hazard of software updates to clinical workstations: A natural experiment

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 20, Issue E1, 2013, Pages

  Landman, Adam B ^a,b   Takhar, Sukhjit S ^a,b   Wang, Samuel L ^c   Cardoso, Anabela ^a   Kosowsky, Joshua M ^a,b   Raja, Ali S ^a,b   Khorasani, Ramin ^a,b   Poon, Eric G ^d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; RADIOLOGIST; WEB BROWSER; WORKPLACE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY CARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PACS; SEARCH ENGINE;

EMERGENCY CARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PACS; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; SEARCH ENGINE; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84881360623     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2012-001494     Document Type: Article

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