The Boston Marathon Bombings mass casualty incident: One emergency department's information systems challenges and opportunities

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 51-59

  Landman, Adam ^a,b,c   Teich, Jonathan M ^a,b   Pruitt, Peter ^a,b   Moore, Samantha E ^c   Theriault, Jennifer ^c   Dorisca, Elizabeth ^a   Harris, Sheila ^a   Crim, Heidi ^a   Lurie, Nicole ^d   Goralnick, Eric ^a,b,c,e  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^e National Preparedness Leadership Initiative   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MASS DISASTER; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; UNITED STATES; WORKFLOW; BOMB; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; TERRORISM;

BOMBS; BOSTON; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; TERRORISM;

EID: 84931561947     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2014.06.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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