Technology-Induced Errors: Where Do They Come From and What Can We Do About Them?

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 194, Issue , 2013, Pages 20-26

  Borycki, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

health information technology; patient safety; quality improvement; risk management; technology induced error

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ERRORS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISKS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

COMPUTERISED PHYSICIAN ORDER ENTRIES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH; HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; HEALTH INFORMATIONS; HEALTH RECORDS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RISKS MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY-INDUCED ERROR;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT SAFETY; RISK MANAGEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CANADA; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

CANADA; HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE DESIGN; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84901113317     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-293-6-20     Document Type: Conference Paper

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