Patient safety goals for the proposed federal health information technology safety center

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 472-478

  Sittig, Dean F ^a   Classen, David C ^b   Singh, Hardeep ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic health records; Health information technology; Health policy; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION CENTER; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; MOTIVATION; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

COMMERCE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GOALS; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PATIENT SAFETY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGENCIES;

EID: 84934284353     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2014-002988     Document Type: Article

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