Making healthcare safer by understanding, designing and buying better IT

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 258-262

  Thimbleby, Harold ^a   Lewis, Alexis ^a   Williams, John ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Healthcare IT; Human error; Medical devices; Safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL DEVICE; PATIENT HARM; PURCHASING; DEVICE SAFETY; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT SAFETY;

EID: 84941078408     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.15-3-258     Document Type: Article

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