The SAFER guides: Empowering organizations to improve the safety and effectiveness of electronic health records

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 418-423

  Sittig, Dean F ^a   Ash, Joan S ^b   Singh, Hardeep ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SELF EVALUATION; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORKFLOW; BEHAVIOR; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDS;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HEALTH FACILITY ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; PATIENT SAFETY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84903640580     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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